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。
& E3 `1 r4 w* c9 yHave you ever done that?
( S* c/ v+ ^, r+ n你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 c5 [: l& ^/ c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。
9 `. u3 M+ O" s& ^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: S# }, z8 rThat's a memory problem.
5 \" b$ O" Q1 N- B这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 R6 i! i! {7 I5 S* @# ]) q% a! q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？
& q3 O/ P  X- qAt 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。
: I/ g8 u! e( @8 \5 O: c! C& {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.
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？
% J1 S6 z1 I, PWhy did I join this club?
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?
. U8 O- }& s3 ]. A为什么我要结婚？
, d  p/ o& _4 `1 iIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. S7 i- Z" M5 d! \; b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.
" b8 r- |5 P7 n( @我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 W3 Z+ W7 ]; k& g8 ^! sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 O1 }! u  ~8 K0 X& j7 H6 |$ {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ Q: I" x& `1 E/ @" YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ K# P0 M; U: P# h# I- N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
" A* h3 M" i1 {0 P/ K! h& CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- x) f6 e' p; Z; T8 x, XIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; M8 C  h4 T  ^7 k$ P; s& j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。
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* L) `; K5 F0 `2 K谈论下面的话题：
# @. V9 _  D! KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; C3 \# ]; {  j8 |! N1 ]  e- D. ~! v, n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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 F$ a3 E8 g( U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 Y; E! @% A) K; J3 N& kHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 V  K! [% j0 l- Z" H! O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ R5 y" M- C0 M/ c! y& ~7 m/ q( ~你写备忘录吗？
( |4 P8 e% B8 h" XDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 u/ o/ f; m' q- l( C7 v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
" j9 k- I5 n) g" PWhat 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？