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.
; {4 p& H# L" t; P. {5 q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" e' d* z6 ~4 B$ M- J- iHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
" z: h9 R; p3 J! U2 FI'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。
# ]; J# I" D! \* G9 ?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.
& J4 _; |: q5 x/ X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。
; Q( F; N4 f7 O8 J7 t5 iWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" i- }# Z) D4 d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ p2 f' w0 a4 q9 F0 }8 c# e  [That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
1 W0 U$ I6 j2 L8 F  @我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% j' G( r, A+ _5 F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。
! `; |5 B4 u) [/ @9 W8 vFor 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.
& v( k, a. K- G7 [5 Q总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 m) g" t2 d' A6 OWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 j* C$ k1 T7 a. m  H为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
- }$ o- Z1 R( K3 ~& q; S5 _$ g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 Z  f- }6 Z; @6 H; ?Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# u( D7 x2 J# B' _/ ]5 }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.
& `# d+ M& [9 w' C! c5 J我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 S8 s% l8 g# T1 J- KOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ P/ v  E, @3 N; ]8 {) a. v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。
9 {% o: R# B& N% _We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ G. {& ^1 p/ [4 i+ a, h/ ^/ X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.
, K2 t( V+ b0 G# N7 r& ^7 T! ^* R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.
0 B) N+ R/ H  C: e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 f2 V1 g4 Z4 A4 ~0 ~Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" G/ Q& u6 _4 }6 h+ o, y( L2 f' gIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) @/ X, c7 h5 R/ U! G1 ^1 s你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  F/ [' a2 A- ]2 f( l) d8 T  nIs it a kind of distant memory?
, T& i* a& f# b它是一种遥远的记忆？
: z3 n8 {* b1 w5 ^Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, O( F; E$ Q6 h9 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" |3 S" X" |+ G$ n8 u# {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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
! `$ \' s# w/ PDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: U1 Y  L( K7 M0 C( c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 t' }% I+ k- y6 `; NWhat 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?
3 ?- y) z1 F# m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？