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
7 D' e9 @3 U. C& N8 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
% [' A; h# u/ _3 WI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 Y0 E; W3 ~( {' e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.
' K2 P2 Z/ n: c2 H我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
% h5 Y! a% ?) H0 \And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" `  q: c: K6 K$ [8 k: Y  p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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
0 A! A4 p8 j" }/ H2 Q8 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# }' Y# o3 N$ Y* y0 x8 x/ ~I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. v. H; M$ H) \! oBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( ^( z, c$ q& A  x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？
$ Z9 q: L. S% K8 u" T$ EAt 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。
5 G4 R9 {2 H9 r& f) B5 |1 W0 LFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
# u8 H/ F+ @5 d' i总是可以问问自己为什么。
" v5 d) b. r* k( v- ^7 u) \Why did I start to learn a language?
7 [$ W$ C6 Y6 P1 F% b5 p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
/ @% O7 p6 Q3 j为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 {* @; L- m7 R( X$ B& IWhy my friend was this person?
( x7 h6 m1 Y/ L2 W7 Z; J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
" h- ~* j, o% x6 a0 c; O9 u3 A( x0 L为什么我要结婚？
' L# ^4 g7 w; D8 P& S* q) ZIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 ~( {' \  @3 {; c$ v( T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.
' S! W# u+ F5 O& g5 P$ H我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ u, n2 Q* D" z+ u0 Q8 n1 uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" c' E( K9 X  o- Y1 N6 B5 [) E否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* M: Z- A/ V6 s9 A( b' b/ s" \  D8 `We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- n4 J7 O* M1 j# g& i  S& RWe 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.
4 W/ ^. ^% M4 l7 s! {0 W/ ~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.
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。
! S3 h5 x' ~7 u% rTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
6 V% `4 B; o* u) `. Q* ^5 FIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' ?2 Q0 C* Q5 x5 i  ~# ^) G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 F. \2 b8 n  M/ t5 i- p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？
! r& R; U  q7 t0 G0 _4 B  TDoes 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？
5 g# T' A* W7 y+ S  j% s! ~3 L  LWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
4 M7 e! i" n! K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 q% n. p6 ?2 C4 _4 [* N+ rWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' \8 `2 e6 U$ k, y2 i2 I: E你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？