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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" P3 P' a( r. J4 W4 ]& S8 }Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- I/ @7 {1 e/ {( ]& KI'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.
" Q* B# i1 ^- V: P我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- v# h' R2 l9 o  B8 D5 o  c% `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 \- w& b" h. S" ]  ]8 CWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 j; F: P+ }+ E" ]9 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! C  n- q9 N4 z: x3 z5 {That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& C6 ~$ y2 W6 ^" Z" i) X( `I guess that counts too.
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.
: p' W2 z* l/ t7 j5 h  R/ S# H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.
" ^. ?) ?4 ?" n4 _9 B3 ~对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 T+ p- f+ r! S* W# Q* b% l. z总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
% D% r. b8 |" U为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
" y4 T) C1 Z3 K: N+ S, ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
+ D9 R- V# q% @% W. x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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 M2 L8 B% B9 d$ [% g; n我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
% J" y) G1 y, X- d3 r2 x3 @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
( \# C$ T$ U9 q4 u7 m6 k/ I我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" i* a9 W4 n+ Q; D* n9 |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) f! g# y( s' h7 Y4 P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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 c4 O; T( s! e" @$ A7 h$ z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。
4 ^6 I; g" e3 ?1 h( W) U% nTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) F$ T  x0 P4 x' D( J: w你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" {' |  h* v5 I: C2 H- p3 uIs it a kind of distant memory?
- ]3 o3 j. t2 A) F) J2 s! D  p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?
+ @) @2 Z3 f4 _7 c  _' D3 }' h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 U& u; C3 E- l  ?9 BDo you write memos?
1 E9 Y" B" s0 I! J: H" I, l5 m  D你写备忘录吗？
" x# ?2 q8 f1 ?. l" @; RDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- m) u/ X% N) C1 D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
; f% g! u4 ?' t- W* \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？
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？