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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1 w9 S0 `1 j% O. A2 W0 V0 xSometimes 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。
2 T: f2 |6 o  H/ n0 r4 g2 _' K3 ~; PHave you ever done that?
$ Q3 S8 x7 Z" ~你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ C! U; D8 v  j/ F; y4 H( FI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& [  f! ]" V# x3 N; a7 `' ]. C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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- J! Y! Q* {. x% hAnd 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。
9 |5 [! B5 H! ~5 g5 XWell, 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。
4 Y4 L, k+ Z" L3 ]4 cI guess that counts too.
' _( \% n, C8 j' Q, s1 M我想那很重要。
! [( M8 E( ?8 Q+ p: w  g7 }' ABut 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.
! s, H! b8 B- C5 }1 _$ D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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 h2 ~: @" f# Z( p: q7 a% t% t& x! o总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
5 k5 s4 Z- T% I: h: b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？
' j% T. ~! W4 m# S) UWhy my friend was this person?
7 v6 m3 }2 a9 e9 U3 j$ q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
6 e) E7 F/ A, l  R% ]为什么我要结婚？
7 z0 L4 d) g( t- P6 E( o9 kIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. {4 v- s2 U6 U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.
: h) x, f2 Q2 F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  F% X0 m, W; L+ \否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; k/ g: |7 d7 z+ cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
8 U& F' F) F# P' ?* p8 m6 C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# \9 t' @. o0 HWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; D/ |! r/ K! g! z% u. w8 Q3 X: |5 n  Q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.
. T8 G" \3 z; ?; f问为什么没什么问题。
$ \7 ^8 f* e+ i0 N- Y# x! oIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
( c" V3 \) f8 r% u" f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.
$ T/ y. P/ i) Q8 |1 J3 r! z- i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？
. {& n+ [* k, @" h7 iIs 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……
; O- I1 J, ~4 q2 w# q0 J  YHow 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?
  u  S" _  e1 H% r( d- b% Z你写备忘录吗？
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？
) {) o) K" q$ ^4 ]# uWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ E" B# X9 E$ K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& h6 W5 K- w( kWhat 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？