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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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?
; Q' k# V, x4 R0 R你曾有过这种经历吗？
. F+ _  ~$ }1 x) VI'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。
" }+ C( \% V& a$ `I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% ~1 H* b" ^  x8 `5 ~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。
( R  j9 c5 E9 RWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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.
% R: }/ Z/ Q& ]* d3 @在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& O, [' j4 Z4 e$ w: h) q6 OFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, F5 G& e$ H9 k9 [! G9 s0 R2 h" }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。
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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
# q" X. ^* o/ Q5 P8 A- G4 Z为什么我要结婚？
$ K/ ^6 p! G7 x& N% rIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
& X9 D) w" o* ]! S+ i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。
" s7 `5 e; Z2 h  u- l1 J3 bI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: l0 ^  _7 R8 nOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" V" S& t' R6 g2 h否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 U& v' Q0 P% T4 r0 |! ~/ _We 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
. b4 q- g* U8 N6 b% tIn 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。
4 [0 ~* j4 J% i4 R' VTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
% j) Y0 \0 S& I3 s+ ~; |6 c4 {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
% i/ j7 v3 k$ V+ y) X8 ~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？
2 z0 A& T0 o  b+ {. x- p3 bDo you write memos?
. w  W% G/ t2 g' U& r你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ [% m3 \2 w8 ~( f! `& z& C& W你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
$ [' P3 v; V+ O  @" \6 [) p6 {What 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？