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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 d! f& \% Q3 s6 a/ zI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 J" G" Z" ~, i& J/ Z7 H$ P/ F- f我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ z9 D8 ]8 I* p9 d1 E( F0 Y: f$ H+ Y( dI 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。
) a8 z" A' e7 T6 d5 N6 GAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
% Q: O& u2 U6 l/ h  q: k3 J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。
; {8 r1 _6 q5 J+ y' I" sThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 ?8 F6 K0 X" Y6 E; dBut 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.
  K+ l+ q- t; G1 L! r$ o% L4 s在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
; E; S$ B' O% \: y8 S- D3 L6 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.
* P6 D, D3 Y4 U6 `总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
; ?/ H2 @$ {1 R! `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" ~# G2 ~) S; Y% Y1 J: [! `Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 q8 f4 ^9 B; u0 w9 Q( oWhy my friend was this person?
$ V' t# d7 |% T9 {% f$ g( k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& e+ h4 G& @1 N2 iWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" y$ x" o1 S$ n& I+ p; e6 qIf 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。
0 }3 L1 x+ r% h- p. O- W! [. ~; wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 O5 w) y7 b1 ]我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 ?; K; d6 A5 sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  c; P% r: b5 d& `We 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.
$ E. [* N. O8 [我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
( W2 v' z+ c% Z" I% U( tThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ ?* {" E2 O; T+ y% h. v0 d. y3 L问为什么没什么问题。
, \& N; |& [* i* b1 @+ P: q& RIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 t! r3 X. k/ ?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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( @: P) _' u& m- j4 J/ t4 [/ ~; x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?
2 f, n1 z, k$ D+ h# x/ ?$ S它是一种遥远的记忆？
& @/ K9 V* E5 z) M: cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 ~1 X# |  F5 s5 T+ c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 L% S5 H& F  a5 A! OHow 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?
5 O. n6 \+ L9 e, [& h+ b5 V0 I你写备忘录吗？
1 E4 z% ]) E, r+ X$ BDoes 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？
$ [1 |  j2 H" d& h! [+ uWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 O4 _7 X# g4 Z1 s* ?6 d1 P你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？