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: f" f# C  ?, x  P0 ]记住我们为什么做某事
( h3 [8 c( p8 F* nSometimes 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.
  f7 V  E& d. ]# L0 P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。
3 V, \) B1 g9 O7 }& E5 j. t' ZAnd 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。
5 ~4 `0 H' [, h: s( I. P: AWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  {( B# s7 M( z/ d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' f- w: n3 X  B2 R5 E. e1 t8 g4 ]That's a memory problem.
& o0 ^* w# h9 O" C# y0 t# V: |1 {这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ R) C# v+ i) b  F我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 r. K( v& Z3 n6 O! |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。
' q6 l5 ?8 a6 I4 A4 iFor 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。
) R8 X1 v8 }4 f$ Y8 VIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 N8 U- x) G& X8 a. t总是可以问问自己为什么。
, t+ f0 y/ `  \! g7 ?% T2 SWhy did I start to learn a language?
- g0 \; y* a5 w  t* `$ t/ O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
! G# e0 Q. J3 g7 L5 H5 \6 v为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 d& A5 K1 t3 k4 GWhy my friend was this person?
& ?& J" ?& Y, @. i( S+ V7 C( l为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 j+ k4 {* n+ k3 W% p7 o$ J! yWhy did I get married?
( h0 X: c8 o$ e6 ]  m7 Y2 D0 d为什么我要结婚？
3 \' u  _" ]9 F1 S5 eIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ N/ b$ U- w6 W! F, E/ b! i5 X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.
" m3 m( l$ n, [! W( k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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
. Y4 V+ N, D- j9 e; Q9 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' Y5 R5 L3 X4 m) |, A8 h$ w1 _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.
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.
# g' n5 h. y& n* r2 Y" {: y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.
# h2 Y( B/ x5 Z+ T谈论下面的话题：
/ ]4 b9 w$ {; t# G2 I/ `& `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？
9 j; g( v/ i9 o) _- }$ K  BIs it a kind of distant memory?
0 v4 b$ P" y& R6 s  T1 k它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 ~4 Y/ j; v, H% s8 oDid 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?
1 s( v  w' a8 n9 h- ?2 N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- x3 v" n7 x% d3 k1 _Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ O+ J! }0 {% X+ \5 E5 vDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# K: ^2 G& F' g2 n, I5 q  r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？