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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: c. W* m0 h) y- ^" pSometimes 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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! |+ z; d; I- r我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" o4 j5 g5 u  e( lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 k4 G8 s! R8 \. P( a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.
* d0 [: b. `8 i: P4 T! i; O0 W/ 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 y' r9 [) L" u0 p+ ~. yThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 R' S$ a, P2 ^2 j' cI guess that counts too.
" P! b- l! f3 v% G我想那很重要。
/ P: m' l" h# J, fBut 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？
- `1 `9 O1 {) X" KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- L- a7 H. y% @7 ]! f$ `' ~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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
! j7 n  L0 s, V+ M6 i总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
4 k) P$ d. u+ O  p' y# I% n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  q" V$ P6 P& N% C& QWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. _' I; o* N! m) l* U! YWhy did I get married?
" [* q/ B7 U# P! X2 V6 Q, B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.
$ o  t' p/ b; ^9 M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.
+ b5 P3 a# P$ n, |6 e4 b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.
  C  g$ {/ {, E5 ]+ ^9 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 ^- c, T6 U$ q! H0 B. }We stop starting. We quit the club.
$ r2 j, b6 f1 x- J( O* t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ ?7 L. c8 S  ^  t' ?1 Y) E2 [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.
" i$ D4 t8 h# U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.
* k+ l2 |9 h1 c, f. ^$ v/ G7 f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。
3 Z! p  [7 ]+ ^! pTalk about it.
3 m- }% q( I& Y! b9 t谈论下面的话题：
9 f1 {2 R6 o: [2 `/ JIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, t1 a+ D8 _* O你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% D) I; ^- r6 D* N9 Q+ ~7 i; gIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 v/ ]: a+ x( P  M5 R: `它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ A! f5 W: l9 w0 [3 wDid 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?
; Y; Y4 V/ l5 R8 u3 H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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" q4 o; H/ Z& d8 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？
9 K# |( y, S2 MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# `) s0 ?* J3 J, @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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？