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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( W% x  H: w  b1 o( j记住我们为什么做某事
. _# o' P1 I7 g5 T' [2 K; ^Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, p  b3 K3 V1 f* Z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 h5 }- J2 A" u" B3 L( tHave you ever done that?
/ m, a. m  t# |* h你曾有过这种经历吗？
, G4 M8 J, T  w, N# h, xI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 r2 A* P4 I9 b! L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。
1 c! b% R; m7 mAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: M2 `4 f& V; q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。
3 V1 g5 n. t: BWell, 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。
9 S( [! A  x. t- a* nI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 \" Y7 y6 H# @- P( [, T% `8 h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？
# N' S* k2 x4 lAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
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。
2 h7 {3 x$ G" H3 e0 _7 A( E8 d) ~' s9 }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 v7 _! I% A9 U1 {& [4 r总是可以问问自己为什么。
  `0 O- v3 M1 ^& VWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 x3 c& e( w* a1 {* N, \; {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 b% L8 x" {) h% e, M& H3 F  ~Why did I join this club?
' |3 c4 E4 T7 |9 [% i5 n: \0 \为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 K  R8 T; d  @5 T# q# d2 L- vWhy my friend was this person?
" |: F1 P+ z  H* q" x" r( P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' N% b. v- V9 R5 l; d* T+ wWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& y% J+ {2 A9 p# S: i% |. a9 GIf 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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 b) C' Z$ ?. Y  TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 E- m: ~. a& r# ^: @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。
6 r, v: \/ Z* s8 tThere'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.
谈论下面的话题：
/ M$ t$ d9 g; _2 ~; ZIs 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？
% C5 w) M; l$ [* p, b3 YIs it a kind of distant memory?
/ R, c, q/ W9 v1 N1 u它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" [' I$ `0 L. w2 a( h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 W; A5 L  [3 t5 r6 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?
0 r, k+ I5 l" @0 W- H% I) d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？
2 l; Y# w  F8 c4 z, T/ @  tWhat 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？
. l: ^6 d& p. g: O8 F( W2 |What 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？