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

记住我们为什么做某事
* R/ {3 S0 x7 u4 S: ^Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
' h( a+ R# [7 S+ _1 y8 T有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- d' {# N! v0 F# X7 i/ m. F6 ^# uHave you ever done that?
& t# z4 S( ^3 C  Q% r# M你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; O+ k0 J2 k, R2 U( y4 t我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 h2 M0 i, g! z# N6 J7 SI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. D1 z! ^/ X& f7 A3 i- Q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.
9 x: \& {8 L9 ?2 l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。
' z8 J- V$ d4 z3 t3 oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" [7 n6 z0 {* _3 \# H- X: ?2 q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  \/ I% p5 h7 y: K* B这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
& E( b" H! x& V3 F/ o我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 Z& Z8 }6 r, P% ]9 n  d  A  r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？
  _. ?( y% k8 b/ {! nAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 ?" a- r2 ]( [$ m; [, N在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
2 u; n! b& x7 K4 aFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 y5 p. l1 J5 t1 g7 P对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. o/ \2 g  d& b! d0 h* b" [5 PIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; _4 r$ G2 C0 s, b. N: g" v$ ]! w总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" `/ ^8 X1 n2 F6 l* W& r, u为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: ]+ w& s* w" W7 U8 M  C8 n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 G6 H, ~5 F. R0 i) NWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, q3 K" e% z8 R; E7 [, ~$ \9 _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.
% M0 K) f* f2 ]0 c# w0 J$ F# f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。
9 f2 |# z$ k" y3 p. L+ x( O0 D; rI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) T: _8 a1 Y0 N/ |8 f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.
1 R: b7 c: I# u2 ?9 a, f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 _5 O6 u- j8 }$ \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。
& l% d8 U4 g' y, v2 A$ t& `) JThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
! l# m) j( |% q- v$ e' ?问为什么没什么问题。
0 W% `7 J4 Z4 k% v8 iIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 z) j: M$ G7 h' c+ M" i1 i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.
. U" H$ r: Y, L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?
( Z. N4 ~; s  M" M, f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?
$ }  A  r# ^4 E; [你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 G- {; T! a$ ^" e' k# t; GDo you write memos?
5 ~' S4 m0 E& \' X/ \1 j) [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？
; m; W* b- t* ?8 \, d7 {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？
, `8 p/ Y* e2 l" a5 Y: g# QWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 O+ n3 J4 L: d" T4 l你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？