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

记住我们为什么做某事
$ N2 \- n7 u4 g! B$ tSometimes 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？
& t, U2 B  r1 R8 t( ^/ qI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( ]* M. m7 y6 _* J; a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.
1 \4 {5 ~4 B! e( u. _) c我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) {2 M" D. r7 f' a  L- M6 V! vAnd 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。
8 S% b4 _/ D" e* @Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. ^1 c# @2 a' J% q7 J' G8 [哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
" f+ a; G, Z3 x- U# F这是一个记忆问题。
9 A1 E: {+ _( I! y- m3 wI guess that counts too.
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？
+ p  v% o+ i% U( `" J9 |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。
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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
. O- t4 @+ B! J6 d) D3 L  v: j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?
# s: W3 N4 ]) R, P- F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？
Why did I get married?
, j! g/ T: }0 K2 j" P4 |2 _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。
9 F; x, Y! p! 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 M% ?, u! `3 S) s, f6 W/ qWe 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。
8 ?0 }7 b2 K) ?7 `' y2 A+ B  BTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
/ f) F  n2 U5 G( e7 L/ MIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
- U  g  D0 S4 P* ?9 t1 _) Y. x) h2 [它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 _" B6 R* V( sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 ]: X6 b) t# a6 L5 ~你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* Y# g  w4 Q' }% s5 c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
7 C8 Q0 v, C" N8 A2 `你写备忘录吗？
# V/ @& m. g. |2 N9 _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？
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？
3 X. o9 A  f" K. p' ?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？