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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 _+ E) c. ~+ {6 @: h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
' q) _; o# _( Z) w8 v1 c你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) f7 p/ K! W$ e3 @" h2 e我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ }0 W! u# I; X6 r6 u( Q  PI 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。
  k9 `! E; T6 z- x$ EAnd 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。
1 C) p; e. F" C6 _, _Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 T8 Q5 z% ^; B$ f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 v+ ~2 G! o+ ~  V. N; UThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ G  z& E: P5 `4 L! DI guess that counts too.
) J: ^* M. K* m; S9 ^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.
$ L$ o- ]0 r" q) F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: S- C( S1 Z, g/ Y. m+ hFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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?
+ a/ [4 ?4 \2 _为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. ]- @% D( T4 i( w7 K% U# g. G$ u8 WWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
$ ?  F& ?) z/ `/ p/ t3 _+ sIf 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.
# S% B5 }$ J5 W8 P3 \9 x我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 d: m# r. U6 Z, BOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, m1 ^* V) t* j$ ?# p3 {5 I1 JWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 y! w! g) f: G& h- N+ T3 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。
( |5 F' M" X. `& s' X/ qIn 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。
Talk about it.
/ c0 N, z- @! S* k% D" v# `' w2 j谈论下面的话题：
5 k3 ]$ j9 e* I- _* Z) m; [( M* GIs 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？
! ?. {# Z) T0 }' L. }* K8 kIs it a kind of distant memory?
( t# g# \; A$ D0 p7 D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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
$ n6 [9 h+ g, a) O9 ^& g% @Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& ^- I# Y# O) _) P: R% 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？
What 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？
2 i, B: l1 X1 r2 Y4 _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？