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

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。
, q$ ~3 O+ H8 E" ~) zHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& H' G, v( g8 Z" u1 tI'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。
! i) d/ N3 H3 \( G1 lAnd 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.
  b8 S; o$ {3 q! H哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 M0 G6 J: J0 U; j( GThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- |2 y7 P; j* f  \! K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 G' ^  ]; T# A6 P- ?At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ q" [' v7 W7 I9 ]4 G. |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 I% C8 d2 ?  I! j对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
" ], T0 X- ?( t, h) `5 H& ~1 fIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
! v( [9 l- z0 s( U; X总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
3 O) O' P. F5 }, R3 W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
* M% D  K/ U: h  c0 y( b* ^8 B' BWhy did I join this club?
+ L) A( [2 C. b9 d' s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% m& {3 u# e0 l5 E+ o. s3 r1 RWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
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.
- H  B9 c0 Z9 e2 w; j: N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。
7 Z# ]) r2 x  l: POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
4 s# b5 [. X; M. ~% Z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。
. `, h+ P/ C, ]8 D  `6 F9 y6 h# [( ^We 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。
4 m( z0 K- v8 _) G. N( w- B1 y+ u+ pThere'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.
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。
& z9 P. k4 ~8 j. u! W* Z, QTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
) o0 j" R% K* `: RIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ C! W, W9 ?: R* \你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- [3 ^  L- J* g; f; ], s7 OIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 T/ }$ |7 }; _4 o3 |8 K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……
+ w0 E, B- ]0 X8 rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 ~" h3 E! o- c! K6 A8 N- yDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- y; Q% n3 H! [2 ]  ^! u6 H: ODoes 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？
# x' i0 e3 J1 y, qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' g0 x* V# _& f; c7 f: O) _# z2 n还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* B, _4 ^6 P1 T$ x+ b. DWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 d. i( ]9 j9 Q: t* H# C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？