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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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.
1 B" a( Q* v" Q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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, i5 x0 L, F! R% c% A9 {3 v' {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。
* E  F. A9 o# f5 v  w! U1 b! ~Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
! I/ P2 T6 j; \6 {: \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
3 g: h8 x& X9 ?( n这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
5 b+ r/ {5 H3 z8 v9 S9 E! R! T  h我想那很重要。
% k1 x) M- h/ @! L: B; D- j; JBut 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？
* T' o: n% h* _6 l9 t3 HAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 E+ ]2 D% i% H, K5 f7 X# Z% Z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.
' @, V2 ?8 n; Y+ j# `6 j% \# X, `对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, H; b% D& }7 ~1 B* u2 s. {It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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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？
Why my friend was this person?
, R- C3 q% t% c0 L# `2 }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
  Q4 V& B2 I6 E+ D( L6 T( U为什么我要结婚？
/ w' _% p% y" g2 Y. |) AIf 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。
+ S. V7 O- p3 ?: s9 W1 A, {" J  B8 JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 t  u; }7 p9 v7 B" d8 tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
, |8 h" `+ N/ Y% d8 n( v" q& [1 y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 S# I! ]0 F$ ~' |" x- z& cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 _. y8 @  f* R# ]) MWe 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。
8 X) v! A$ _2 D& ~" z% \1 |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。
! x- D0 ?1 a6 _. D/ t3 aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 |6 u' T, b  J& H1 V9 qIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 Y; \/ U# h: ]- ?你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; t* C9 C# Y# C$ x: iIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  W) M# d! A" r+ Q- WDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 f6 x* g" P1 D3 ^) f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 R) g3 Y5 V  Q9 l$ B) ]0 g( n' lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 A$ u! R% v8 C% p1 C1 ?2 V你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ H. ]5 C* F6 g8 @- iDo you write memos?
6 x; V1 {3 Z5 i/ ^8 ^0 w9 |你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# j  r3 L+ z4 w' g5 ~$ C2 k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?
3 y; ~: x2 B0 G+ F' r% e/ X还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
; ^4 j+ m1 Y' \; }/ x$ PWhat 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？