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

% P# Z5 Q# X/ W& p记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 H5 H3 i2 h+ V有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
  o, I& \4 f, n+ d: r2 {; r+ a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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: n( F/ x  e0 F7 a# B6 u& C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.
( o; g5 s( \3 \6 b3 X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.
1 L% O+ ^6 D/ v3 |2 a4 c# M" K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' O# P0 n- @8 \; O1 TThat's a memory problem.
3 c/ P3 j) U* ?3 Q9 l! i这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 A* S( r9 {' j8 a* Z! P- x/ O0 {9 v我想那很重要。
6 v" j6 z8 x& }4 t  ~! ?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.
6 z6 B1 [. A; w( m4 {/ Q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
. b. ?2 ?4 ], Y  A  zFor 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。
6 ~7 ]) a" H* M0 \Why did I start to learn a language?
+ o: p" Y* u( t+ E1 E" E0 A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
. ^: c/ y0 o, L4 {( [1 r3 H为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) E) ]& {5 Z. c; _3 u& S/ d为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
' Y- `( e$ O7 i& z& O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。
+ |' G8 P8 F4 I  s0 h' }9 ?2 fI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' R' H) C0 h: {4 v我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 L( J7 s0 {; G' c1 b% yOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 @+ k2 V! V+ @# ?; {We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 Z- U: ?& W% E( i  R5 I我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% n+ P5 I! I- U+ D我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) E8 {8 u/ p, P/ D$ ]There's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 @$ H) S0 @. R6 n' j* o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.
% w7 P% y: n0 q% C6 U9 a2 a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 A' }0 Q$ D& c2 M- DTalk 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?
1 O. m" r+ [6 u7 C  S它是一种遥远的记忆？
& |9 e; r1 U: r; F( c+ H7 rDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
' `# ^4 E. h" i8 u# {: _你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 }" r. I1 U; r5 @How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ Z7 D) R9 i0 K: O8 R' V+ ?/ r4 O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- c3 l( B  }9 q: [4 k$ b你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! P( J- |! O+ k& q- r- {, `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?
, m5 W: w5 d8 K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？