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

1 ]- m5 r: ?# e; k* J6 G: f& j6 \记住我们为什么做某事
! N! y4 f9 r" d9 ~' zSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- e0 p+ B! \3 [. j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 D5 b# b. O+ \你曾有过这种经历吗？
( |+ v' s# B3 g6 A/ PI'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.
% K$ Y; n$ i2 @$ Q; }- ^我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 U2 y0 N1 @: _9 b3 @) L' b! `9 FAnd 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。
, b$ M- s! H; ^- Q% J$ hWell, 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。
$ C+ j* s, ^$ h+ A* ?That's a memory problem.
/ Y3 {4 ]* I3 E% |& |) z这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 s& ~: m( B7 ^. b  WBut 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# D/ C0 [8 L/ ~' m% N2 F) G' W2 UFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
% b4 P+ h% O+ h对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
2 x  i1 ]/ ?) Z% tIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' O& a' w# M0 m: a2 b( D/ |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？
, T! ]3 \. w* n% iWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; E! |: l7 c( t) x4 I2 G& n8 zWhy 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。
  j0 Q; _4 f: UI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" m9 h: ]' T8 g2 V- i( P. ^4 A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.
) U7 N" J4 U+ P否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 m- x( g  G1 s6 kWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. t1 x8 F: s& B+ A' H我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" P' d- N! ]7 @. G1 P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.
2 w7 `; d. g2 \; i7 E5 \$ e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。
+ n$ k1 |& B# I* e: _, s# @Talk about it.
6 g; l6 A  Y9 }' I7 h/ \谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# D) X( M) [# [0 y5 @; y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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
) }- ^) e% e- T& h( Y8 d( ?+ I6 ~你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. x. d2 j) x% o0 JDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; h; k/ h. T  v% u5 I! ^' jDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 d  j9 {3 o2 Z- D& ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
% B# E8 S3 R4 t' X+ AWhat 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？
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？