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.
0 N$ s/ I( w  v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？
" h. v+ t1 v" k* ^) jI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 l0 m( ^. H9 K$ ?! H我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 @5 A3 Y0 @1 o+ x& U, f9 lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! z" l6 V* y' a: F8 ~$ ~3 r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.
' }  D; v% }7 f! r9 x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。
) \/ ]3 Z8 }2 h9 E  V& lWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
8 Z( ?3 E- E$ e; _1 |! p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。
( @  J+ K: i3 K5 G9 |: @6 n( ^0 cI guess that counts too.
6 R' Q+ l# L! F$ s& k: w我想那很重要。
) G. G) v' _" U$ q- W: I) hBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; n# N* m' n4 C2 v! O- S2 O- ~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？
/ p! ^" m. I- FAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
" E$ H# P9 T* J' N$ [6 g( G在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) g* H% J- [* t, XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, @& w6 G& Y1 U2 C" v# x7 N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。
, j1 m% ^9 q/ ^* a  LWhy did I start to learn a language?
# g0 K3 T1 [+ r  w; g) |, [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？
  T6 |' W; d) k1 @+ PWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 c* u0 m- R1 A6 A+ I2 b' DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ H! H8 O( O$ D+ N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 \! S3 x( [7 v% h  A, {" ]  U  JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) ?3 S3 w0 U4 l+ R% Z  F2 x# Y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.
& @- g" N5 k1 y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
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.
! s& P& ^6 w0 H2 [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.
  w# F1 ?" R6 ^- z: v& b- ?+ i2 ^. u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。
& j' u; F" _. f% q# ~Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
6 d6 P* r9 q2 t  p5 J- H* UIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 b% j6 `) W. p9 X; ?) W+ S8 L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?
% \0 h: u( i6 ~; m1 ~9 V/ r它是一种遥远的记忆？
% r& n5 a  }( ~- M+ v3 IDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 g! b1 E+ I# F0 Q0 [, M你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- F5 O2 l$ M* s: Q$ @& O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 R3 }4 h" B+ l0 y. z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* G3 ^/ Z- @) ^* v7 K& I. aWhat 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?
( a5 v: F7 b* t2 {7 U* W你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？