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
/ b1 R* i9 T6 k- rSometimes 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?
8 x% D$ n& B8 b你曾有过这种经历吗？
! u9 D2 ?8 \" [3 Z  h3 J, {# f3 z$ eI'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。
8 I8 \" G2 G  K8 jAnd 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。
7 S' j2 D7 J1 h* o% x  l9 [. [Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 d! s# i1 z; B7 U这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
) I4 t9 l/ Z6 D9 _- v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？
3 \' V0 w9 U8 [7 B* OAt 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。
# H$ D+ M) c3 b" s7 E  ?' }, ?2 UFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 ^' N3 A; B  B, A& A; I* V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
& x5 M6 b. w. q6 b, LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 n& [2 k7 w# \8 q4 r" b. }总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ O1 G! B% @& n# BWhy did I join this club?
1 }) [  [# @" \- c" a/ A  Q$ E' P# q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
7 z( R: X! Y) z; e- b4 _为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ a$ c9 A+ h! v* \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.
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。
- ~  i7 i/ f; H. _6 @I think we need indeed remind us of why.
) m/ \: k, C4 l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.
8 D; O# K4 M: C: [: S1 ~我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' F* n! ~% `" m. v* R0 i; D5 fWe 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。
/ P: Y+ U' C% t) V6 H8 ?0 h  MThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& ^/ [+ E1 b9 U0 A* T# M; e7 G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.
  B. m1 E) i4 D7 f! ]+ g& K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。
1 h& @8 R- G, pTalk about it.
, p9 _9 b5 w: R/ h谈论下面的话题：
2 D- T; {$ K/ X4 z  f# ~& w8 @Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; l1 y1 N4 [) {你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- Y# J9 w8 d" ZIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# s, b4 }5 \1 Z6 b5 x3 f( d4 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" t0 ~$ d" K1 ~& u6 eDo you write memos?
+ q$ \# M& ^# `8 c' g9 u% m你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 ^: @  a3 m9 t7 \4 R5 e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?
, O$ \& D3 j' n! j还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
" i  q6 g9 k6 T) C3 j/ CWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. Z& |* E- p" y6 X5 b) u) `* O! W你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？