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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记住我们为什么做某事
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?
7 s7 A' q4 T  Z) k你曾有过这种经历吗？
, `2 c' n1 _0 K: n. `& H+ II'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.
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.
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.
: S( u: m7 R0 h9 f6 ?% K+ c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。
% [5 `, j: u' |; _0 ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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" U8 h5 {  F! qAt 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.
0 p3 R1 J& P2 B5 ^) u- G对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
4 |* Y! m" H7 O9 l( eIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
* C/ W3 f* l* }! ^Why did I start to learn a language?
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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# g5 ^9 z5 x, ~$ }# S, VWhy 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.
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.
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.
. H. k. Y3 z5 K0 r  t& a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( F/ i- i1 S3 p& Z' L1 h% K# c1 DWe 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.
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.
: o. M& l- s" ]* O4 P5 k1 f4 Y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.
; [/ _3 K5 \1 o1 c谈论下面的话题：
9 u+ g& `+ N& H" ]/ }" N) qIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# z6 ^) C+ g/ V9 r( Y5 i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ o) M! ~$ h$ G3 C! c* _3 L/ g* \Is it a kind of distant memory?
8 n+ Y( N1 p# w. g  \它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) q3 R+ g  f5 }5 ]6 u( DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; T: f1 n* u' U3 P7 E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?
$ a3 V2 b1 o# X9 q" D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？
% W4 q" U. j+ t, _4 oWhat 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？