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" ~. p% R" q. i$ T: BSometimes 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。
  ]7 n. @: x, T$ _' B% r6 M! l3 MHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- K$ s! G4 L- {& T5 ~% N' BI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# p0 Z0 t% `* H  F1 v  I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。
9 M  u$ g  V2 l! K6 j9 QAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* S# l% ~4 f/ \* v# d0 E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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
9 R  D6 ?: g; r$ O- P这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ Z! H% r3 r6 l, ]8 }. k8 n我想那很重要。
3 O) \+ |3 `# n/ oBut 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？
' N$ G! y1 e6 W6 F; r5 x, Z% p1 NAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! y& o8 J2 j/ w! K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.
* L1 h8 @, K" e+ z总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
$ B0 h# G( y, N: f7 m为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 m9 a; O8 Z' i$ n1 i: a: IWhy did I join this club?
0 d* w9 V  _% r% M$ e为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- S7 {7 {# I% m8 ?# v: oWhy did I get married?
7 Y7 t) T3 Z* }3 k为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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.
5 u. k/ `' \3 g* Z2 u我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' q: Z. E8 `2 O. L# q) qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" [# `1 o. B9 d! sWe 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.
' C! B1 T8 u. E0 p# m! @1 j我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ U( e& _/ \: C; {9 q# OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
: K0 u* l* z9 v4 p: d2 m, l$ z* BIn 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。
; l4 c  t, f8 vTalk about it.
% P7 w8 U$ E, T7 l, Q谈论下面的话题：
3 I; a, x. K6 p+ E  W8 Y7 v4 v9 [8 mIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 ^% j8 f2 n1 U' `+ a* ]9 _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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
& K! g; w, e& O3 Q7 I0 o% R, x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 x+ I; a6 _4 ~, a! G$ bHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  ]2 {9 v# @4 S; S$ `$ u5 O% MDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
0 Q7 Q9 S- h3 c0 O* DDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ u0 p7 c4 G* p8 q2 Q7 {/ C) C) f% G7 }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?
# w* q. F0 \. C3 u: k& d% K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 ?5 Q8 D5 r: O7 `, DWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) u% w+ W4 R* d0 }# Z( ]( z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？