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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记住我们为什么做某事
& E( a& ^' u; c% ]8 i, JSometimes 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？
4 V* F' [9 b  d, J9 gI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% f) C1 l0 \; E/ y9 _9 E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.
/ J) N* F4 v: F( f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.
# k5 d" G2 k( J0 g# J- m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。
7 Y' E/ r* V* u  BWell, 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。
! X4 P/ r' Z5 B' fThat's a memory problem.
- r" a2 A/ [) u. T这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
( U$ v1 W( G5 G0 e, q我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 O( b% N1 c$ ?  z4 v/ o! h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.
9 c& O( |6 e  E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.
* X$ A3 g4 S7 \2 A. J总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) ?, d! l# `1 A! Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" ^/ K1 Z/ k8 Q2 L. T) UWhy did I join this club?
8 U6 z, D) {/ }) Y" ~. K为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' E, F. P" G6 m! g3 i" ?& ~Why my friend was this person?
: `3 W& e$ w- t" @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 M& s' N: ^: s; e1 O7 Q/ F0 cWhy did I get married?
3 X& Z- n8 w  }为什么我要结婚？
; J  Y/ c& Y/ U$ }; q& x8 nIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 E, P4 U6 u$ _; j# }  @# ?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.
2 o8 k2 W: o/ y) S- R0 F我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! O6 D, \4 k# D  _4 s9 W- UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 k; i9 E7 ^1 K否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' L4 h+ p! y7 s. a7 y/ h$ wWe 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。
; n! F( @9 V" O! \8 n$ EThere'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。
3 P- ]' [- Z+ v5 `$ A0 mTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
1 }0 _* H) q* RIs 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？
# W! ^  f8 B! d) ?. z! PIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
" P0 H& r1 ]' d; lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# V% l; ~  F3 o9 \. |6 h$ q, B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- U0 B/ t* Y5 {' e% A6 ^4 U/ e你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% w: z& E5 h* 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？
* ~- P, C6 Z# |. PWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 z) F' m# u# X! |还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: L" J' j5 x4 bWhat 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？