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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+ X, r( y1 `- e1 y记住我们为什么做某事
) P* E% x9 h6 ~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 B$ V5 S$ X: JHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, n0 s! |9 ~. q' ?' L& O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。
Well, 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.
+ i+ L* h8 M7 B& A) ~8 |/ D这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: L' _: h  l2 }% t( `0 j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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
; @" s- U( \' S" }0 z" u对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 B( E" Y% B2 N6 ?$ LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
; H- Z4 x1 v2 f, H( Q' \2 N3 SWhy did I start to learn a language?
8 q- z( ?' G' e; m4 Z2 h: W% p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 L  E' S: t2 Y  f8 h4 w, }+ wWhy 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？
Why did I get married?
: h# s3 B) {' v4 b: Z为什么我要结婚？
) h! o# P# V; i! s" eIf 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。
$ R: e. h; U1 N" l# g0 d* UI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" Y) x! c7 ~, z8 X; ^4 U7 a- \0 l. dWe 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.
8 q& e. G! K, ^# q* T$ S我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 B5 m' }! c, y* m& T& JThere'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.
, v( R; F/ F$ n7 K  x3 s, P& K. c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。
' Z1 [' B* R8 |3 R( ]3 k, j! f# ITalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' G" c$ v& K+ o7 r8 k" G9 y2 D3 D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?
, k8 N+ g) B% S, c: W% B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……
6 _" I* z0 ]( o! {  W. D; Q' Y3 P" zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 G& W1 c: a) A. CDo you write memos?
, L7 k1 M4 t& A你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- F* G% \8 W6 d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?
% ?& S! I$ z; i1 Q还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ I1 U# l% E2 T0 ZWhat 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？