美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

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Remembering why we are doing something
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7 @% _* B( K: N1 I记住我们为什么做某事
' P' z5 c$ d' H7 ~" V4 z) a2 n% R; rSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
7 Y, u( ~$ c. S8 q5 T6 dHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 e" R$ S& t% U7 _7 w8 e* TI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 a% u, N( E+ U! s6 S! ?8 BAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
然后，在选择合适的地方后，还没有谈论什么特别的东西的时候。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
& z' m: U% ^% y& H这是一个记忆问题。
' b% ?( t/ P+ CI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 w( M# B% N9 g2 [5 K$ QBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 n& {8 a7 ~" n7 {; R, c9 [但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？
8 M* ^" f6 Q. M6 {' h5 h7 {: v+ pAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 k# {2 r  s* w- vFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 S1 {& w/ y5 b. v# L9 S' Y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ L! L4 `& y9 R+ [3 ~It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 T# z  K+ i5 }  d% P: I% HWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ m5 [# i+ t7 g4 o, M1 V' P. u* GWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! d. @: ^3 c4 D  r6 z) w. f' H/ f8 i1 CWhy did I get married?
) g# F9 M  O2 U" D/ F为什么我要结婚？
3 f6 I0 v1 `+ j; A& PIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
& |7 N9 I7 F8 d# v9 U! `我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 g3 c! i, Y! d( d- vOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 }5 z$ S8 n, a: p1 l- i7 N否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ |/ B* ?# f% C4 S! F, q5 r6 y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* A3 F; k% }% `3 ]We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, S2 D# O# Z8 C6 \; k我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
* ]+ k5 A) Z/ p, H) w* X$ {3 w5 BThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
. R" h6 B  i5 J- Q- N2 X; h. w问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
Talk about it.
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+ V$ A( v& \) dIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' N  |* J5 s5 {" X& C( N0 m# x, m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 [5 u! D( w! PIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 N$ M$ |. g' H6 {; Q. P( @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 o, B9 S6 u% W& \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# H  m0 i$ a- ]6 `# S; t7 {; U* y8 R) \Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
6 a9 K+ X/ ?, [7 N' ]3 SDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 Y3 b; d4 V6 o还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 p4 `9 g' q! v2 l$ P5 ?/ A4 uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？