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

记住我们为什么做某事
& [) G0 q; J1 J8 Q- e: USometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 n: H8 x7 G, Y* l- h$ k有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
. Z- P4 k+ _) k9 c* l- I% l你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 Y2 S4 o7 e2 G; V' z# e: CI'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。
  F3 d* i0 j* p: C7 s! XI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 [% `: l" S4 d( @$ h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。
9 `  A! `" U8 K7 Z" O9 V( OThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 X. c( E4 F' j我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; p1 b" H+ d9 D5 u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？
6 o( e! W; h$ r& sAt 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。
8 q) T* d# u! o6 |% _$ M& nFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
( s5 c! G( r6 Z  b3 F" ]: X% e对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 k5 Z& ?9 ~3 g% ^$ ^, t6 uIt'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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 Z  f8 @8 h2 v; {+ oWhy my friend was this person?
; ]! K. y6 k. K2 ]7 [3 b4 [3 I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& d  G' E+ w% W- dIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ I+ C# ^& L: E9 W6 u* ^& t% G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。
- z! }: n- k) m# ~, M5 SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 M2 p# K4 Z0 o% G9 G5 IOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 G) }& r& ^+ b  y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
. q& r7 c6 B! k5 @2 T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 ]3 ?0 s" t+ Z. s. L+ d" p" rWe 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。
! `8 A/ k7 Q1 E# M/ p$ a$ NThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
3 ]' K4 \% d6 T4 i+ ]4 zIn 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。
; m) O5 ?1 A& \+ CTalk about it.
' j% |$ U4 C/ k( X2 H; k1 \谈论下面的话题：
9 {1 e- v- z: }* Y2 w% QIs 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？
0 [- j* W7 j. S+ CIs it a kind of distant memory?
2 b2 i. [& K5 q9 y1 N. _% Z! A3 {% @它是一种遥远的记忆？
: h* c5 \: b, f% v( e5 E$ sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 ~) f: ~3 e2 V) g) p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* c  y% C( K3 `  EHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  X, P8 t. ]! o, ]: H! o3 zDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. [; w0 E, t; v. X4 NDoes 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?
5 ]& i5 G* t( x# y2 m' o  z: d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?
' A+ [3 u3 J6 g1 x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？