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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 P% c7 d% Y! O有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 x4 f# W3 |- f8 yHave 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.
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.
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。
  E& e% m  A) x9 \% E% KThat's a memory problem.
. A! |0 ^: ~/ e, e' j& L. [+ K这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 U, E. d& o. t: c2 u我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ ?# V' i3 r1 n% `& \9 K5 p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？
8 U: |1 I- q4 x6 c; b* S# [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。
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。
* M; x1 t' C" N; j4 P- cIt'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?
. M6 w) {0 C  Z3 V0 g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. ?, q7 Z8 g2 o# X; G1 `Why my friend was this person?
% B3 R: q+ [4 O  ~为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, @* |2 C% q3 O$ @Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
; F/ T5 m4 V4 l+ e7 T: ZIf 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。
6 ?* Q+ _+ e. q: zI think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ I: q% x& L, e; G% f: P我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 a9 @7 S+ x7 FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
# f6 I1 P" [8 o6 a5 a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 O8 ]1 C, w4 H) y, YWe 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。
# s' @- Z6 P0 i) YThere'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.
) V/ I/ q! q. J' J; g5 c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.
谈论下面的话题：
: Y3 u& x. O0 n) w- }& n0 [Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. t4 Z5 S& x  t1 p! a( I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？
" X) G3 Q/ P( [+ Q  @Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 E% r% g# b4 u- u0 D# I- z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 d* g! p$ q. d* rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) G6 K: h! y7 `9 k, _, p2 N+ x0 T) K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？
- p5 U: R4 `0 t+ l6 E  b, N, v% PDoes 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?
4 F- G: g5 F) t' @6 e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？