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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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？
3 o$ p7 H4 k- |. b2 u  x- ~/ II'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% P: d2 K$ O. a+ e7 t% h" J3 s5 @& }我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
1 g+ U7 ?7 r4 m# z- Y6 GI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ `# r- k' g7 l" z+ a: C' ]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.
3 V4 @: i7 V* C% ?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.
1 |' L+ v, D5 N# a9 O$ ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# s5 N0 X$ {9 q- `1 A) QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
" a1 c! J, b2 C4 {3 b' F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？
$ `; D7 k& |( S! G8 W) }At 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。
6 G# a4 Q: z+ XFor 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。
; k7 i1 {* ^8 x2 t  WIt'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?
) Y3 {+ S0 H& u, {- U5 c  n% Y( e为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 ?3 `" V5 N. r9 w, f2 e8 rWhy did I join this club?
  e3 w8 a- D; |7 l为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: z4 I) T* Y9 EWhy my friend was this person?
4 s) r% ]9 K' r为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! o  j4 L( L0 D1 R4 z6 f5 q9 }7 cWhy did I get married?
( r! k; f) ]6 y+ d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。
5 {9 V) K. I' iI 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.
: O0 j/ P( O+ Y' o否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; m$ p3 u& I9 a" _- HWe 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。
There'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。
( U* f' z) `# s! D) l( STalk about it.
# f. q, Y0 c1 v7 ?8 w谈论下面的话题：
( e, g3 g3 ]; ?( g0 Y! K% vIs 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？
' u5 h- A! R1 l: _; g" H( qIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
# ?* E( F$ f/ C, W- l" PDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ v( ~" D- [5 ?你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. E3 a& x2 I# {) R' l你写备忘录吗？
! K8 A$ f# l0 J# `4 R1 sDoes 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？
3 ]* s$ Q$ S8 `What 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？
- u- E+ S% J7 D& g+ ]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？