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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. B: s0 ~+ u1 E, V记住我们为什么做某事
4 i# W0 A7 E& a2 a, kSometimes 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。
8 R4 X3 p+ _5 t: l7 k4 ZHave you ever done that?
1 v. R2 f2 g2 q4 E. v5 O4 W9 R你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' Z- m4 j. e0 a# ?- Y4 Q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) c* A0 x. j8 G$ N1 O5 I- yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
" {% \4 e* J/ o我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  G/ B/ |2 A5 I- |3 sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: |% P1 i8 H) B0 d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.
% v" ?3 L, v' A! ~3 i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 |, o+ I* a0 F5 Y8 ]/ W8 v这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, P. t# h: }( `  ~: iBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. u* [) }; h3 J/ e9 P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？
: c5 {- {1 Y+ X; _) i2 u& j9 vAt 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.
1 R! I8 u) G* U  z  N! Q+ m/ W对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ @/ o. s' v* v- ~+ T% Q$ hIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
% X4 ^& H# h( [; g总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
( }9 W% }/ Z0 f, ^' ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 l3 ^; G& {9 f' b# `Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 w8 |. A! g0 E; L2 l( ^( T为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
6 v2 |0 a5 _; E6 H0 G0 A( Z) z为什么我要结婚？
1 N. J' Q7 P& c& z6 uIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 h1 N9 J9 K1 V* `' S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。
) c& Q, F: M$ e  l3 p1 ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
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。
! D9 J7 v8 h  M6 ]. Q  g8 |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 _- W0 @5 z; |% Y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.
$ [" ^8 }) |' m  i% G问为什么没什么问题。
! K( p7 P  p3 D6 A. p" p4 n" dIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  ~5 v: p- r5 {1 _: \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.
谈论下面的话题：
$ D3 r5 q, ?1 j9 P  P5 mIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 M: X' S# i% E& X0 K# g! i3 V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？
& {7 i9 ^# {$ q% C! CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ b6 M8 l0 v5 z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ N/ X& }  P1 ]' pDo you write memos?
- q! p% z2 l( v4 g你写备忘录吗？
4 t+ @% j4 X2 C) |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？
9 r3 g; i( h( W) h" X: |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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 w7 N' |/ G0 s, Z+ ~5 I你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？