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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记住我们为什么做某事
7 A6 n. i! r+ t. e! ~* 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。
0 `2 @& D& T+ O2 O9 tHave you ever done that?
, Q7 w+ L; ]7 U9 c你曾有过这种经历吗？
  n) U9 m# E( R, V9 r$ J: CI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- N* c4 V8 ^9 C. {4 ]4 s0 _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; f: l. S/ p$ _! i6 ^- c/ wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: e+ \4 D% H; t2 w( m) U我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 Z' ]8 `0 T! R9 r, U6 u( AAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ j2 o1 ~5 m$ j; P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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 F) R( Q" n& s/ 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。
I guess that counts too.
! g7 X1 w+ ?8 T& E% K5 n+ n# f" ~+ t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？
: k! R# Z9 v3 p& P# u3 N7 J  \+ KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
( X/ a7 t& t9 ]- W2 V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.
) p. F! ]: I0 _" O6 k- y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; l  e, a# k# J8 L总是可以问问自己为什么。
; g$ P3 I8 y. i$ I( P$ |% SWhy did I start to learn a language?
" E, e3 V0 P- O% y$ e' i为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  L" y9 E5 b5 Z( g' y2 PWhy did I join this club?
" F: N! ?  @5 R8 h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?
5 J  I( J; f$ ~- ]1 Q为什么我要结婚？
# _9 V1 ]/ [  o8 c1 QIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 @7 l2 p+ k2 P, o* ?/ N( G6 UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 s0 n3 }* S/ U3 t' c0 x, F+ c我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, B* e( K3 c& n2 }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。
$ W1 c2 D0 W6 t4 Y0 XThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
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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8 D9 |9 z9 s8 r  Z9 JIs 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？
( j6 k% b1 s5 C5 U5 R8 XIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 ?0 i: A% J4 _; \$ r0 uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 t* D! F: l. x( w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 z$ B: g4 C; S; [9 w你写备忘录吗？
# t6 r& k5 H* I0 u! A- MDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ ~0 W% z+ @! U! g! l$ Q1 G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?
/ h& e4 x2 ~+ T8 S0 \5 u, u" w还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 C9 R- Z4 A  O1 A$ G/ g' AWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ E! b% K2 P# B) o* n; `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？