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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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。
' ~  z- Q9 K& N- bHave you ever done that?
8 y* [0 j, v: U' @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。
3 c. b: l( `: i9 M1 ]. @* I* tI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' C# E1 Q' p3 \- i9 A0 W+ c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。
" Y- @$ J" }/ ^2 e5 oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
4 V3 U8 h  _7 p. j  W) V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.
我想那很重要。
( q. i# c( i1 c/ ^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？
" w: X4 X- K: Q/ I4 Y; ?" LAt 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.
% n' D( W6 N! Q7 S' t) M+ g0 d对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
' r$ e# z) H0 c7 Y) G7 }5 qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ i4 N- ?1 X: R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？
Why did I join this club?
* M& F7 h% N5 l+ M4 I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？
1 N' H% s! [& i# GWhy 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。
4 p6 l! Y. C7 J8 o, ]& G; O" R0 YI 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。
6 {6 n# e8 h' r; O. F7 QWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 h4 O# W" c8 c$ f+ m- A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 L) p# J) C6 iWe 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 N$ s0 `, v" t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。
! L7 l0 F1 ~6 N. TTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
! A7 L. F& B8 h1 Q3 H3 kIs 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?
6 X) }: f6 r* r( ~5 N- Q它是一种遥远的记忆？
& i) _0 \7 S$ `1 o% y# PDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- W6 f+ z2 L' L5 M你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# k8 ^, s$ r* n  i( u/ ]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？
( B8 q" @; Y: F/ o+ A2 L* cDoes 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?
0 e% N! v# e' K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
; B4 z8 S( p/ x% [4 C4 j- AWhat 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？