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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2 a- X  w0 N4 K# W, @: b. FSometimes 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。
! o" M2 Y3 T# X3 THave you ever done that?
% L+ ?2 h' D" h$ z& Y- [你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% s) V% `; K4 z$ ^3 }% \1 I6 M6 ]我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. e1 @4 }: F: D" s2 K* g8 Q7 z# f我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
% B2 d' Q& @- ZAnd 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。
- C2 p+ C. ]4 [: S' R& Q0 KWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: J$ V# D. j$ C9 z6 U) _( ~8 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
8 e6 J, d* P7 B这是一个记忆问题。
5 {7 q$ \" Y: v& m) l, R! dI guess that counts too.
& ]# L0 t; c/ z6 h我想那很重要。
3 L, u! `3 o7 {But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 x/ N: y" L) M- a& I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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 J* a6 L7 [& t) L9 Z4 x: q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 c' V0 u' r/ u% q& h( KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 E0 t4 N$ ~8 v7 d% l对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ o1 p" m" T7 n; v. f5 tWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 d( g4 ?6 X4 m7 T8 o) Y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, ~3 h7 f! {' m6 x% ^& \, E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？
2 V% N  c' V- B5 L2 `Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
8 T# @- g% J: t$ q" H. vIf 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。
+ ]9 r$ M/ C) m" xI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) b3 {3 L) n3 l6 k) ^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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 Z  ]8 s, n/ A( Q2 c4 f9 f7 M- xWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
% J7 u. W0 a2 {: d+ LWe 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。
4 ]" D6 X; h' S4 E. o( eThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& s. L- R% F4 p1 J7 \& hIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! a$ c( r. l7 U* B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。
( L" O/ |1 E! X- Y% Q! aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; U0 G" h# [) F6 s6 g. F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?
' x: N/ r1 n: H! _$ [0 J3 U它是一种遥远的记忆？
' Z1 F& |" ?" p5 E" n# w7 MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' h! ~- u5 i( X' N" bHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
6 z  N* t  o$ N8 Z8 N/ |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？
5 l0 F$ n# ^) @5 l" r7 j5 z. tWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ B8 F( ^( a( L5 b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?
& d2 z0 \% H8 P0 T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？