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

  f6 o5 |/ O+ d* U) 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。
Have you ever done that?
5 b. j! g% l/ K% N  D1 q你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' K# c$ Q* W8 M我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% S3 p2 T# A8 s8 E, {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。
( i# e8 `# s0 OAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 `8 O1 \/ y8 ]# a4 N; l+ 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。
! G9 B* B' x) [% aWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' s& J. U$ A+ ^. ^I guess that counts too.
( k" A/ O. z3 N$ M& ]& T# |; ^# z我想那很重要。
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。
* E. p) Q: Z! v& Y( r% w" iFor 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.
5 l3 q0 b% q8 \" B总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
/ Q- D2 s1 [4 U. d; R' d5 ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& L5 t, e1 n8 `Why did I join this club?
" u+ T1 \8 V, D- b9 z& U为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 [. n. C% k* u: V8 DWhy my friend was this person?
: S, g9 ^0 X: \; q- k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
1 Q6 g$ K+ b. S为什么我要结婚？
) j; ]" l% N& y, `' ~. u$ hIf 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。
8 l3 M( Y$ |, v1 G, LI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' m7 L$ A% \/ E, x/ x. v% N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.
$ G& e$ P- e6 v4 f- n. s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 f, Z% R) ~5 [我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) @4 w1 X7 r; s/ u, BWe 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.
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。
- g& L% q, N' [6 z. PTalk about it.
# m/ z! s. ~) X. a( t谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' E- w4 j4 x$ `6 i% A. J3 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, W9 V3 |1 `. QDo 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？
2 d6 T. m9 }( W+ Y/ Z7 pWhat 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?
/ n$ a( h- w. l, j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？