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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 x1 [' F0 v& |5 ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ Q: I& ]5 I7 F5 ^) PHave 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。
: ^/ G1 o! @4 AI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, ~0 ^) l3 X; L+ o6 y% z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。
2 M6 B) ]  `9 Q8 E1 _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。
) q( G, w' C( MThat's a memory problem.
( G5 R2 {/ @5 a% ]! P, Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
' h# h8 w- E! y) S我想那很重要。
9 p6 F  J* l/ hBut 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.
7 I& i0 s) N1 d在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
/ K0 h) p3 T) r  T  m* `6 f/ \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.
' A0 t/ Z8 A. H  S总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) s6 U, ?# \  N为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
) ?1 F' X! U0 q8 x# n( o6 R% W1 Z- J& c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 P; F" v* k6 F" P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; Y. Z1 C  v  o) fWhy did I get married?
7 O6 b" T$ w3 J- I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。
& \4 i+ ~4 a3 HI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( X* i$ Z5 G% {! OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% ]2 M* R  @9 }0 b- [6 t& CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
  [& g, Y/ G; ]) ?, u0 ]  V' l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。
+ K) A8 [% t" uThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 t' J& x; r; ]9 m: g问为什么没什么问题。
- c0 f7 `3 ^& v' {* l% n4 M& kIn 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。
; U5 }' |0 u% F; z+ \/ J3 K/ V$ S; lTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
# k- ~: a% V: x) M  a它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ b5 B. k# z& D% k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？
6 R: p8 [$ q* |2 f) v( XDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
& c+ I. r: `8 }8 C4 m0 V6 pDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  }; `( K1 f6 s4 g" @% ~  l你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& a( _* d& U: d5 T- TWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
4 ~7 }, V; A  l0 g. Z5 I还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' Z9 v/ H/ K4 C' kWhat 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？