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
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。
  A) m5 n9 f2 e' z/ V- q; IHave 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.
8 q4 Y4 y0 N* }# n) W# A我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( J) z* {9 t8 ~# o- EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' o1 [  ]. C9 l+ s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。
Well, 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。
' F1 ]) J0 c. `  {! JThat's a memory problem.
: _6 z) K3 u7 ]5 U' O- V' T$ K& Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 u% U2 {+ B: o$ Z$ t% N7 f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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 i) M0 y0 U! ^- @/ h3 p9 A3 T在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 M, n: J0 C4 G: [4 jFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
* F8 ?3 U7 ?$ G, B  a% F+ Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
3 j0 x8 e" p# A7 C1 N7 P  `  H为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 i3 |& h8 H& ~) U) y8 n5 O. bWhy my friend was this person?
1 ]1 O9 r* ~8 g, @/ q, O% \# ?为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ d2 l% I/ G2 cWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& y! f$ @9 ~- P( D, `% DIf 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。
' K  K4 W9 E: a. C* @( t4 uI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
5 E* z1 m/ }- D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
) S% d, Z( P( f. Y# i, a& U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 O! W( A7 s' B5 ^We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* R; o+ U$ Y  v# F, E% D! J- s+ N+ |- ?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.
问为什么没什么问题。
. C) T: {2 |- I) _  yIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 [0 M3 l0 O) F, n6 R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。
$ O! x$ I7 P! J$ ]0 T6 |; DTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) U* W+ ]' `/ u. U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?
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Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 c: G' ^8 W1 C2 @# C- R$ w/ pHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& E4 m4 P0 h9 [3 j" B" i" F你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- g4 n: w( H+ ]0 q+ YDo you write memos?
, F: [; b( b) [* M你写备忘录吗？
0 w8 K! E% }2 y/ A! k7 d' O* b$ B7 zDoes 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 r# A2 ^+ ?7 j5 P3 ?. l" `; E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?
5 H% H. f  U+ ~) |3 q2 Q  i. 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？