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。
! K4 J4 k) N* w1 B% r) IHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 I! P2 y  n% `# ~; @3 q0 NI'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。
  ~" B2 O6 ?. jI 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。
) x3 {* ?  }' _6 C0 F* wAnd 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.
/ b) ~2 h* @' G! [/ ]% X5 D2 _哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' F8 b/ L8 y+ V  kThat's a memory problem.
, u- }9 r7 c0 S5 q0 C这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
; `; d6 k% a6 R( m6 x9 OBut 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？
! g1 G- D" `2 dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- \* r: T( V" |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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# i( c) z4 e$ w# YIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
! x$ X* w+ _2 A" j总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
  s+ n6 E. b. N( c8 S/ J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' X  |* e3 d( y: I, `- i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?
* L; E2 y. [+ w* G  J4 D3 P3 M为什么我要结婚？
, \$ Q  y7 `0 I8 [4 b0 e! PIf 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.
* u, y9 k! ~. `# a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.
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3 J  }* i' Q# lWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# G8 L5 }3 y  j: }, j6 n. s9 N5 ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ V6 W9 N5 y' M; y) d; {3 ^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。
: o; X2 g6 p9 R; C& C  ~+ N+ h3 i5 kThere'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 \9 I+ A' q, A$ l+ I) C& x. g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。
Talk about it.
  w  c! r6 j$ o2 V, z谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ V* q* G/ f: |* e7 [你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
8 `! f6 Z' W# R2 u3 J" DIs it a kind of distant memory?
& i) C8 M) m9 u% C" O它是一种遥远的记忆？
3 a4 `# q4 [; C) ]4 ]5 b2 _* [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" z/ w, f& b" w4 J% Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. u! t8 u! P7 D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; F' a1 a, ^4 m6 X1 t" j2 zDo you write memos?
6 b$ R: G, |6 v' T0 I你写备忘录吗？
" g. N; Y- }1 y6 P7 Z- k* |Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
$ M# f# r1 N  l2 y+ _  N1 s4 FWhat 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？
! H0 }' u1 ^7 |: z1 \What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! Q- G$ b1 h" c3 J, F你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？