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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$ u0 A" ]$ v- e( Z! d" A2 |# @记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ H1 }- U* ^% |3 C7 ~有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
9 V$ h. b+ A% l/ x! U你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ |6 @  @5 n1 t$ j- x3 D5 jI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! q4 v0 f7 l$ ^- c" y+ mAnd 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。
: [3 o: d$ b+ o; W3 @) X' o& ?' xThat's a memory problem.
# R4 T$ y2 c6 X这是一个记忆问题。
, ?2 G, q0 b" z0 H( eI guess that counts too.
2 H: M+ d' E' k* E# U我想那很重要。
) c+ d0 H8 H- {$ XBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& r. p6 M1 W' w3 V0 n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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 W( E1 H( _- _5 d6 Z5 AFor 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.
: q* O; x6 h6 A) [: g# F总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
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？
) ~$ E. D. q# Y7 V# ~7 l# [Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 E0 V4 F" i$ OWhy did I get married?
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.
% C/ E# A% U0 _, d4 u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。
" E2 R3 Y/ O) `We stop starting. We quit the club.
. {2 d. N5 U* n我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# d8 `, R/ J2 u  R4 Z% _4 W  @我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# h: m, J  {8 M6 C2 w) f2 [# YThere'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。
" t' y# S% c$ G: r+ b! _7 VTalk about it.
( N/ ?3 U$ K2 x% E6 T7 j$ E- X3 Y3 Q谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 _+ `0 n  R# ]2 x- f& n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？
( C5 U$ w5 V$ d# H- QDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 t5 N; t5 p- {- D) J7 [7 b0 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 R. I: _; [+ f7 C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
$ o7 G" Z$ }$ u. `9 IDoes 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 i3 G2 t$ |, E7 wWhat 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？