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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, C* u2 R5 D8 A4 a4 H- X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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& \# Y/ S# H, f+ l) K. d( [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。
) L) I3 P( H0 A* IWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 a8 o  o+ a& K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ P$ R6 z, ~( Y! zThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" w! b1 G) _/ g& D  ]4 Z我想那很重要。
0 _( }0 o/ h$ ^% r( f' jBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' b' v0 s! W3 n) P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？
" C% b' U! _6 Z( cAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 g0 V" u) t$ M: x" Y6 @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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( o( `" ]: {6 ?6 U$ ?! [2 ]' qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* x1 J* n7 v' Y, `5 ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' a& X* v7 F- o, }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？
) q% E& U) ?! G! I& B/ xWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. A# o6 {* M; U9 nWhy did I get married?
2 F. W5 B9 S4 c为什么我要结婚？
If 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。
' U6 ?5 V% ]7 l9 W% JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% J" a* p; L2 {# e: BOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 f5 A0 b1 p. s" @; L% q3 S' m  W否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 X" g! f& _) m- j! H& i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 S! `. e7 ~! G7 T0 f3 ]We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& `( }* _/ ~! k2 X, R4 U我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
* e( \) [$ M8 W. s" V. WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
9 m2 g. L$ S# t% Q5 j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.
1 ^/ r. ~5 f/ u0 U5 |! J$ B! o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.
# G3 L4 t# H" n谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 ~1 ^( r5 N/ k3 z3 b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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ A1 b$ B( F! f/ ~$ R4 H1 E, V! t8 g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* ]' P6 t- C: o6 b5 ^, w( {7 ~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？
: r; p" q& _/ H" UDo you write memos?
  z! C& X8 x3 E( j  W0 q1 f你写备忘录吗？
7 a$ |4 ?0 g" l5 w3 D# r2 ~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？
  Z8 M" r+ Z" ]) F: N) r/ k9 PWhat 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？
4 ]+ u4 Q$ o2 S+ NWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' j. t; }8 T, G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？