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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- a: T2 s1 B( r. l9 y  U记住我们为什么做某事
& i+ G: |' G2 C( ]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。
6 j! n5 t" _4 BHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- m: H2 |4 s, ~I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 T! S% ]. M1 `1 P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.
3 [) E# p1 ?8 V8 C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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: Z, p) d' O* j2 o( M/ X哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( S& C' y6 k% v; V$ w4 p  E这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 Q" E9 h+ E; |7 N9 M  _But 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: y+ {, l2 E, g& J" v. L, zFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! U/ }: b$ v  N3 ?! H对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: T: h% k6 q+ N; l8 t; d! ?, QIt'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?
+ r) F& p4 r* w! u4 K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& p% K% N' S9 S, N1 jWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ r; t7 c, X% v3 @2 a3 a0 B8 eWhy my friend was this person?
; R7 Y/ ]9 T3 g( b为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ p8 `' R" Z1 Z* s. _0 m: y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。
: g8 c; e: g- m4 b9 S+ \( R0 KI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) S# A, J8 |; |  T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 d8 R5 B+ [$ E# p- _/ W8 o( {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# X" Q' L% x3 E+ ?3 zWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ t5 ?8 |$ X9 u; D/ `0 P- O1 ZWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ E/ Q6 |+ K; ~" M  b' D我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ ~: W$ U! L/ [8 C" J9 ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
, F( B7 X. f4 \1 x8 S4 sIn 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.
0 R6 N2 U% ~% z3 y- A2 x谈论下面的话题：
- \+ u* t, H/ O: BIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, i# o- {' `, _# y; b* q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
1 Q$ _2 R7 ]/ z; n- S2 gIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 @( E3 ]3 I( E它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 \+ Z; c* v9 y' T& I; m5 V7 d& rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% d) Z6 }- J4 S. Q! b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ k; H$ n# M% S3 b; ?! Z+ NDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- y" K, v: ?  M7 ], g  @1 T/ iDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 `& a; V2 k8 u9 h& }, g  g+ w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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 ]6 L1 p. ?- W1 M6 R' f7 iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 j; U* ^8 x; l* I$ c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？