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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. A  K3 q$ c: i5 ]4 G2 u记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 F) A' E( y8 a有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
; ^- Z1 O* d# M6 E你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( N9 V7 v# |6 p# ^! `4 [我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
5 W( r% l" y7 x9 kI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
* \# G! _3 J( w/ c. t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.
0 N- \# }# Y* T: [( N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。
' W7 `% s' }/ V3 uWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 ?  ?% X8 q0 E1 z+ o! S哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
1 ^  h& j4 r; v1 E: ^I guess that counts too.
6 M* u3 h8 |: a! W2 A; M1 K6 w' s我想那很重要。
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？
At 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' o. P% M( F7 r/ L" K- X# g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 a+ X6 {/ n3 \+ K) k+ e! e) p总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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？
  A8 ]1 F/ c! Z  d8 M4 VWhy my friend was this person?
5 {! `; l! D! s( c为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# h" u2 l( G' {: W4 _7 o6 |Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
+ @" y) E4 ]% B7 J5 Q' FIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 q6 t6 R! Q- f# E) f( R' \2 T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.
, a1 F: j9 [3 K7 |+ x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。
% F+ Z: x- S' L0 z/ x4 h9 D! tWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
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。
' v. E4 W' Q0 i0 F1 {& W+ pThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ b& N6 _" r8 W7 S* C% f问为什么没什么问题。
- M# Y/ y0 p9 yIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  @$ l' b2 B$ x( [9 Z6 z; |9 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。
Talk about it.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 B- Z) O3 E* W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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 q0 {1 `8 [- b. J! _Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# ~) a3 d/ `4 `5 o* }+ E; r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How 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 Y; J1 v, h( M你写备忘录吗？
# r1 F) t, f+ }: `' A* NDoes 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？
9 K" ^0 h2 M; `2 j, s8 |9 CWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
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?
, Z1 U& O& R1 a4 l. o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？