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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6 P, V- V" a$ L+ J3 W  ]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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 ^3 ^. y- c+ S2 v: F+ C! DI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 _' O8 f& ]& @5 y4 ~我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) L8 V0 j: K+ R% s  n# F* sI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- E5 p. F" p3 l+ n. U* y# h7 C+ |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。
8 s0 c% H; r0 ^0 P! _% \0 n- 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。
That's a memory problem.
. \8 i2 E; H" ?% e: K% Y0 `这是一个记忆问题。
0 s( m' p& @( @& h, QI guess that counts too.
2 J5 s. U0 K, ~# \0 w  H0 r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ u6 j7 m% w8 U/ U8 b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？
, v' n5 F: z# @* fAt 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! w" M' ^; @. r# h3 m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# o+ Z) X1 i: W+ l! eIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 E* i  _% {# e3 t总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
4 U' y% N" `& R2 S为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 e) w1 a7 b/ C" Z2 Y& TWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( f3 m: w% ?$ ^, E8 y7 i" MWhy did I get married?
% l1 _* f& _& x! K/ D" ^7 I3 Y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.
" p7 r- q& ]( g; T6 h8 K0 J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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 O. P' J0 ?  T& I7 ]8 ], [- {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* y: u7 h0 `6 X! Y" |We 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.
; C3 _9 b, t, [; D7 D$ P5 e9 Z% o问为什么没什么问题。
. V; v! M2 g7 O) u! {/ CIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# E/ F  k9 S3 b6 j3 t# A  s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 F8 l9 N& t( dTalk about it.
" g  a7 ^9 i" D! d谈论下面的话题：
9 F5 s/ d2 Q3 h5 D0 h7 KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 @1 t6 b+ b# f# u7 ^0 k你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" L% |3 `# U& l6 G5 y& jIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 A- q$ f; ?+ _& Z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?
4 P7 F+ `) L/ m4 o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？
7 ~  I1 E0 A0 [5 i, L6 ADoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 R) H) q' U/ Q9 i, x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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' T" ]* l0 m' c% k9 Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？