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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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？
! z6 q% U4 _& d& aI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 w- m' M  j: H3 |* }/ W) l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。
7 x5 Q/ K+ \5 [2 _: R7 ^And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& S* B& q8 c$ o  \- c' R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。
That's a memory problem.
3 v1 `* s% T- P6 `这是一个记忆问题。
3 O5 J: G! @% s" s" }I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; ?. \- a0 p) u# G9 L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.
5 j' V% m& ]) x* J在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  T, L# b/ N5 k6 d5 m9 M9 aFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, [0 {! G3 |8 e) j$ h0 }对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 p. B. c; R& H; A, Y4 ^" R; JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 R0 I8 [7 p6 y) _! H总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
  _# q+ q! f- z8 [! Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ j4 M; ?% b6 n) p$ p  m5 O; \& {4 |Why did I join this club?
' B( X/ j5 z7 |% B4 r: s5 s; G5 C( W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？
- A$ Q) H/ ]6 _+ IWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
2 x) T: v, e- J" {4 {6 P. tIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# e. V" a5 z7 i" `# I* N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 i$ q, G0 R5 u9 J% C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: t& _) e+ K& |% q: o& OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 E, J/ {( G* ^$ W* ^( Z( `% uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
9 k& I8 Y+ q* M3 u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ l# I3 ~  i; }# MWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
  l* r8 Y- E$ R6 ^$ i) S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.
' c8 ^3 O! L5 v8 d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。
3 I/ D  G% R( h! qTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
6 f# {+ l1 L) r4 X6 K8 c! H4 j: r0 SIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 J7 T: s& D. `( X8 w) g5 Q" ~Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 _9 D7 c: q8 z+ V( N- R8 fHow 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?
( l. U& U' m: z" U你写备忘录吗？
# W) l9 {* O$ O4 WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. A, e8 b$ {3 {. t2 @你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
! ]5 T( i$ @0 d# b7 @! o+ n) ~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？
# Z& i. X+ o4 X9 n/ jWhat 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？