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
8 t$ M2 ]( m- }7 @- o8 r0 @Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
' r% ?( C  D( s5 C; ]% G. v有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; @9 i) o$ u2 H- h7 sHave you ever done that?
: \1 ^3 I4 n1 Y: z/ P' q你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 R- S( G4 g( B7 i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.
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。
; l% q9 S. x" a9 u3 |Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
- ]+ s* P  z3 j- i9 J( k9 C* T4 {0 n哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ |0 h" W0 W- a' R& @# Y* s2 ^/ \I guess that counts too.
% o7 ], z$ A2 c' [' n我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 e; O) P! B' I$ [& }( o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？
  g, Z, |4 n  x# {8 R# _5 F' oAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
# D4 Z& s" J. Y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& g# `" d( k- |" r3 r' \3 k- fFor 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。
9 g* ]: h* L+ \& }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; i5 J& T* V1 ?% |6 m6 H" Q7 N3 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?
% H& w2 d1 p; g. p为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- D  U/ ]& ?" O* x- F为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( q: b3 A/ A- j3 @7 P6 h4 U& c4 aWhy did I get married?
8 @3 [& ~! r4 A, j为什么我要结婚？
, p; G- @  m. n  w2 s/ r0 ]If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 z, u7 e9 t7 q4 R7 M) {" C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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  m8 ~* W* e# q! x/ dOr 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。
1 d2 S* J5 e/ ^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。
0 a( O3 A1 p5 }" `, ]' D( wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ F& m/ Q1 p# Y问为什么没什么问题。
8 I# w% |' _, aIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ P: J  R. C1 Q( X$ p: [. d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.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ e) J) \1 O3 Z& o2 `: Q3 X2 a$ X: U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？
3 m+ Q* j! L* P8 l. e5 R+ VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 E  E6 a( D+ f! R, G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 I: I9 t. T1 Z) T# Q  y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! D7 o5 q! K' P% {5 w3 H/ |/ XDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
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？
. c, Z  z) O3 o" 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？
( Y' L$ O8 h! Q* i/ ^4 B0 fWhat 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？