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.
5 U7 Q% ^- I5 v' D' N% n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 ?* o0 p# S3 jHave you ever done that?
/ |% a  P& i& `  D" M你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% n& w$ `6 k" ?+ \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.
: F6 C9 x; h+ L+ G8 ?7 x( t% a1 ~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。
" ]* f% t8 o% E1 m3 }. N5 W0 x9 x: lWell, 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.
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?
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.
7 l% W: C4 z7 Z# c$ I3 q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。
& \5 _# w0 @% e3 G+ j0 AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) a* Q7 h4 e1 c* RWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 x% u! D2 T" E4 _  a- [! U6 TWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
9 B# w8 A6 R9 B4 ~' M( @为什么我要结婚？
4 L0 a/ _7 V: I) z4 e* e7 M# K0 eIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 d) u; K4 j. R+ V0 [3 W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 g2 c- w! D% P  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。
/ Z& D& |# W; I/ Z: E6 t: T9 M" Q% A$ x' XWe 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.
) j4 n: a( D0 q: b! w& ^问为什么没什么问题。
* L1 p* w. G+ Z( h; r2 C5 s* S( k2 pIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
3 h; f6 F# D" T+ `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.
) `' G' l! j# D% [6 ~谈论下面的话题：
0 V( ^9 B8 F. ]* [/ tIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! G7 {/ s# G- }$ d# d) d7 \/ e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?
8 ]; m( n5 Y$ P3 a# o2 ]它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ S+ J4 T4 K0 x7 Y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 @/ B; I8 q# `1 `3 `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( ^+ R. }* m; a" j6 _! Q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?
& _& F+ h6 @; Q. g$ R1 C. W* i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 q- {1 K# s% J6 x( X/ p0 r# A$ DWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 ^0 c1 Z8 \  D6 ~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？