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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3 y3 X* M+ A3 y' CSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% }7 C1 x) g, ^/ m% g8 Z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% U7 P" _  L$ d& jHave you ever done that?
# s/ u# q8 @. q# o# G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.
- q3 A) x) r% h8 f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.
  b* b' p7 r) {+ t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。
( q4 _9 o! k- m4 T; I2 l9 XWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. ~0 v2 X2 M6 O0 M哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. w" W2 p) \5 o! W# q# x( v4 Q5 x我想那很重要。
9 ^$ Q# g% V# _) a* O  |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？
, [' K' `/ g* N# X/ I6 g4 M7 tAt 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
( c- m( M# e+ c% \9 T4 a- _+ S! _4 o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
" g- s8 t7 S; o2 _6 L* R! f! d总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 d: B0 U: Y5 M0 _1 UWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 w1 f0 n' g: R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% }& ?& Z& ?6 S# G3 b- J! U6 O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) T3 V5 K! f, d' Z9 u7 oWhy 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.
2 X" T/ K5 B2 d7 w2 R0 k% c- }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.
1 v! Q4 E) R: ^5 i- N: o% g  U5 q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.
( G3 j1 r* \4 M0 w/ ?& @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 z. m3 ]' u* a/ \7 ?我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 ^" [/ ]. R* g  |$ y$ @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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 e3 u5 i+ k9 X) R) j: N% X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.
- T+ O( x3 m# ~, l; L& r1 T6 {- Q$ B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。
9 [9 g! m3 J: ^* Z+ {Talk about it.
* X& R; \; c7 C4 Q7 o: V$ s谈论下面的话题：
6 O3 ~; l; h2 h, L0 `: U" `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& c. ]/ O+ [/ y) {你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! }  b: d4 b% B" s+ r; d7 J1 UIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 c) g( d  q) v, F* [" c: m0 IDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 i8 G: _& N" u1 J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* V% L( ]' @6 A: V- s8 U4 NHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
9 w1 g0 J' s# s" I8 B$ vDoes 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？
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？
7 d- L; l5 w8 f% P: \  eWhat 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？