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

# \9 e. @6 }1 H3 ?9 `9 `% X记住我们为什么做某事
; p( z; s" t" B# u6 f2 hSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
; O( K( A  p: A& ^+ F, rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% a5 c; T: D5 |5 r" X" d* J我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# j) M; O8 R% G0 N; I: xI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# s8 ~  U- I/ x+ Y9 ^. V我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And 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。
) f1 ?* N; q% B# ]+ O# NWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 v5 E$ T* h3 G# P" R哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( R) v8 D3 m2 ~* J这是一个记忆问题。
, v0 h) Q" N9 P" L) L6 [I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 A$ P- I" x, ]But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
: G" \4 ?" {! d/ L# s' O& l, GAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' w) M$ L; w- T  F: T在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; o1 B) |! N% S+ Z' a: Y2 W总是可以问问自己为什么。
) S, N3 @! y! h/ q% AWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 b! Q7 j1 [7 t1 V3 kWhy did I join this club?
8 n; ~' ^8 p0 D9 G2 D为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
1 O3 [4 g4 N6 F& j0 S  eIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* I  n+ j  E$ a4 }( k4 S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。
1 b4 I8 [/ y* ~0 j5 ^% AI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' }' `% w! H% g3 x; R( e+ W我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
: p7 P1 o# A: K8 }4 l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" C8 c  o' }) g& P, N9 @+ t  vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* k# l, B, w% h0 e* \We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 W. E1 V$ U4 |/ hThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
* l, u9 W% C! y  l# {5 hIn 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。
) h% h, w: v9 Z- n* o- |6 o+ pTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
' `6 C# {$ J6 `* m2 qIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
1 U( q, Q% ?2 ~0 r5 ~  f7 O9 v% {它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 _9 o8 U' z! y. m8 A/ [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ \1 q! u2 h7 J' Z3 d  H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( }+ L% _2 \; n# L& i+ eHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  {" p: d) n+ h" y9 N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 y9 M& t" y' y5 [7 hDo you write memos?
9 ~7 {6 F) d" Z5 S1 u* b你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
# ^5 A) j$ U) q4 N! K/ A还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ u, Z/ k/ I7 s4 [- h9 _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？