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

4 c9 b  [. _- V8 _. b. y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。
8 m  W( [* _$ ~' r" `8 tHave you ever done that?
# ~5 ]1 \- D! e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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# o1 U5 ^' s! yAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
3 p! W0 a0 \  c" |9 ]; 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。
5 G1 U3 q4 ^, @# A' ZWell, 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。
8 k: V: V' H2 z. L+ x6 CThat's a memory problem.
3 c( R- S. ]. F1 C$ V2 z这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 L- t& J) Q: i7 X( mBut 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.
! f) y8 {. O% w在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  }% N( Q( @/ Q& \7 `$ a' m5 {For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 X, F8 D& T2 P9 ^6 b, T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 \1 i! g0 o9 y2 v) `It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
6 \0 E1 x$ o( H! q) V3 s8 ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ j6 A- k0 j/ y9 U' e. U5 OWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" a8 z' C+ A; @2 t9 |- J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. G0 |& a4 k- g! v% R( oWhy did I get married?
/ p6 ?" v1 b3 d3 j为什么我要结婚？
0 B  s2 @' E4 X# T, `: k7 zIf 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.
6 `% {$ \1 I9 K8 g8 T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! e* n: }' B" S; ]3 R: c- K9 ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
# K$ w9 L2 b; B否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 ^4 F5 ]6 L( p7 ?7 uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
9 G1 z: Q. C  b  x问为什么没什么问题。
- i% L* A4 A% `# U' `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。
Talk about it.
# p% I  m0 e% ~$ h谈论下面的话题：
2 \( F( a0 r+ H6 n. x* Y' |& FIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 h" O3 t( w2 O  D9 h8 L. kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ D) G0 z# J4 A) K! ?你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 G1 Z/ ]5 ~! B9 I; nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ k7 F5 t% ]# \; [. c( W% L1 s9 R6 ~Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
9 {4 N  W& t( H* c1 |4 PDoes 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？
8 e: m* Z! E' {/ ~What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 Q+ i4 c" \+ [$ v5 S还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 Q- k# U, T! a0 c4 E' B' K! IWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 _6 b3 d8 C& C! S. W6 q& u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？