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
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？
I'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.
+ `( w3 N# d% C; b3 Z0 y5 k( L1 i+ h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.
8 T; m! n5 M% Y, ~" A6 k6 J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。
! e0 L* O/ n! [' V* s+ U. w; kWell, 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.
% f* }+ w6 `! d& {( \. J  u4 C这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% J  ~( V$ ?7 R8 X7 H" ^3 ?1 O我想那很重要。
9 t/ R; g6 X5 h6 p; lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ w. K+ a6 y8 F8 M$ `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。
( O1 c; u- \' A3 x5 oFor 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.
' s# v( d. D* }4 V: a) Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 `6 R, O6 X" u6 A) E' q6 l/ K4 Q2 yWhy did I start to learn a language?
, _! Y0 G/ D0 G/ i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？
1 u; o) t4 z! `% MWhy my friend was this person?
! T0 L, v4 q# c2 R" B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- G" a9 e! f0 {$ b( i8 l8 Z% y为什么我要结婚？
( t( P  V: q; N& DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 w. _% a* u& N- b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。
; E0 B8 x' W; ?% ]4 @; aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 @% D6 E4 l, e我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 V. C! m, ]0 Z; LOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 m4 F" J' |& D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 y, ]' ]: r7 D) |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.
6 l; x" v9 q) B- I问为什么没什么问题。
! y- L# T2 i+ d; `5 V5 zIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! g7 M  d8 L* o8 {& v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。
! I0 u' z) D6 U" |! KTalk about it.
+ x% n1 A- p: g谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! p2 ^. A0 @; K) P7 Z3 w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?
+ d; x! U( k1 D7 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 s1 `, Y! k" p; Y  T: D6 kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& W* j% ^2 S! g$ J. s; r- Y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; G0 y3 }9 _+ F9 L( \How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- p+ S$ ~& @, r3 n. R+ c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) E. u5 h# b% p2 dDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 R! g# {6 c8 X7 y! x你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
; T( G# D- W+ x- O  @What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 |9 l! a: C. _& r; T; b; o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?
9 `4 B' @6 V2 E' s, e' U' n( _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？