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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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。
( v1 |! c# N7 Z& Y* XHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 P$ L8 d: `5 L) HI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 @- c$ |1 _) T& G6 Y2 i' U. g我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( T* }# e. K1 qI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 ^4 Q; @' i- H+ w  ]# O+ |我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  L! P3 z( G0 Y; Z0 tAnd 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.
5 _8 l4 n' X6 y; _. J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
, b1 E* J8 U5 L+ t9 Q7 v! X这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 {) z  H3 M' y) u/ x7 v我想那很重要。
- Q; a2 e' G7 XBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 c, J% ]) l5 k* U. x" L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.
* A4 C# i' r4 x5 U对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, p+ U( F: l, m# K8 c/ r* IIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; F+ g7 `1 U; u$ `( P总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ C9 {8 K8 z' F* n0 A) `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 |% ^  |8 ^& d. h. |8 _Why did I join this club?
0 ?- p& |4 {' G' u为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ Q/ I9 [# {; i1 n1 }( e为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! Y0 N0 n5 O$ ^If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 \+ W9 W- e$ R" k5 g: e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。
  Y0 L! |) i/ K3 J3 o+ Q; ]' p! _5 q  zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. b5 R) Y! `2 gWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# r4 G+ a+ }2 L) ^; H  LWe 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。
, |( _6 V6 C5 @Talk about it.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" ?( D6 C; V1 a5 z/ u% S你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
) `: e3 q- c) ?2 {Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
, \5 V$ F; C- u9 h2 F. e; dDid 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?
& V6 e9 Z' J: H5 M$ m9 \8 e你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) u$ h! e$ I8 A1 u6 ZDo 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？
9 Y+ ^7 \5 e5 r3 L, XWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 [2 c! w5 c! a. q. ]) y; c5 i还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 Y( o5 L4 z  o1 D* Y/ K" W+ ~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？