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# c% n3 K8 h, w) ~记住我们为什么做某事
  B3 l1 Q. X: @  D9 ?" MSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
' a- h' B4 x9 ~) g) _有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% f$ B+ r; J) T0 MHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
! _+ t5 u- Q* C; W8 g" Z1 mI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 B5 P! R- s- M  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.
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.
. _! s0 X* |# C; v$ ]7 T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。
* O- m! G7 y: v- [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。
% B5 G3 {( q! TThat's a memory problem.
, z7 N' z* b) ?这是一个记忆问题。
- i5 z% ~  n- Q: r9 c4 @  v$ tI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
; y) B! z) p! r+ V8 P8 ~# g# L, W- oBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- @7 J. V+ V+ N7 s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.
# A8 O) ~0 g: |2 O/ \0 O在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
% i# ]$ w" i, X$ ^& ~1 EFor 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。
( s+ D2 Y2 y, I# [It's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 G$ c, A! [; P9 d, z总是可以问问自己为什么。
- r" X" N! c5 uWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 n9 F: }% \) e( D% ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
! k$ a0 r3 i0 B/ g& i- sWhy did I join this club?
9 W; ]/ H2 a( ?7 W9 v为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 I5 e+ p. ~' K. h. X) kWhy my friend was this person?
8 w6 d4 G/ c4 V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, E/ S7 m* y% E+ J; K+ H4 r7 g& iWhy did I get married?
, ^/ H) M7 e7 h% n, g为什么我要结婚？
( c$ I. s6 b. N- e1 kIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' e8 ^" l9 r( i) ^; @0 {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.
, L' m- Q  M' f1 U% G. s* ?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.
- g/ o! O$ Q! |8 g: w/ m! T2 `5 I否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 E8 \; }- z# }+ ]$ KWe 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.
% v5 ~9 u, I! Y' m. p/ b. J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.
, @' I. N( E  l% z4 g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。
! J) R- y6 i$ `( BTalk about it.
. a! {! V- a# z2 w) D, v3 E谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, ^+ n3 P6 ^9 d# }- G; p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?
/ s: m; N" c, @& a' x它是一种遥远的记忆？
" ~3 ^: R  V! o3 [5 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?
+ U# F* h: N6 a4 \- }; Z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% M9 x/ s, V' T0 vDo you write memos?
6 @  Z$ U$ k' [9 Z你写备忘录吗？
( S$ r3 u2 a" m0 ADoes 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？
* F- J) M1 `1 ~6 r& vWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 o+ y+ N3 ~5 H* e( F3 l3 m* dWhat 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？