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
4 ~4 G2 o/ l3 h) f/ g: M3 f0 s8 PSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; d! |& `  k! Y  s7 j6 r) q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
4 I4 ^. y6 r% a3 zHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
( q$ c8 ~2 y4 }" u9 gI'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.
" S( L& N" F2 S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ `* W4 W5 g* o! S4 a" B$ NAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; x' }- l' d2 Z( P3 d+ B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。
: Q8 n" z/ G; P% {) \1 `: fWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 ?, j" g2 Y2 W9 V/ n$ A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.
3 E2 M  v, Y! O我想那很重要。
8 C/ e# }7 y1 s: wBut 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？
2 H' U6 T& C% C* B8 [2 n, yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) y- i- c4 u; ?( Q% u$ I" g在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 |" \* O7 q& d! EFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 M  e! ^# r! k# x) J4 n! M/ F对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( v. b/ C9 Z  G! r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# c1 r& F) ~% n6 J# M为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
2 S6 @, b+ j# x+ h1 E& y4 O9 o为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ t8 }: L# ]# k. V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ G2 Y2 b  }5 ~2 m5 EWhy did I get married?
# `1 G: \. T3 V0 T  ~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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' r, l8 E0 |7 D7 v- U" 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.
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。
* D# ?* B& v: M1 I+ EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: V0 K7 Z7 z( ]问为什么没什么问题。
# W& f$ J; b3 t$ Y+ F- j5 {1 HIn 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。
( O6 i* C) w/ F- tTalk about it.
4 A5 d2 r' {" v谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& Z! y9 m- C% M8 n& C8 A- z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？
) E$ Y( X# ]0 MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 a& @! J- E/ d, v7 a你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: [3 {' K8 I5 cHow 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?
5 [1 A8 ]3 E1 ^5 [8 ^6 L. R你写备忘录吗？
" q: _, X. U  o: A1 ^/ VDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 i+ Y& W- y; O1 m  ^# l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?
6 Z- K/ z. _. j! t, u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？