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

& k' {' f3 W6 [$ |6 |2 R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?
  D6 b/ ?; I* O. |( E3 R! `你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 |& y! c: R5 P" {, k& W+ m+ [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。
! Y7 M4 ]: H: l* O. L' g2 NI 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.
% x& |; r( l% {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。
0 _% k2 m) S2 Q6 W/ Q+ [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？
1 d$ _$ M+ j! _; L2 fAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 i3 K! Y; Y' M! D" ]9 A在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
6 r+ p6 a7 x7 B( [$ k+ kFor 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.
% U& j4 e. A+ R) }/ D总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 z. [5 \! p4 e' ~; YWhy did I start to learn a language?
. a/ e' z- S! C3 }3 t* Z- c5 R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; b! y  D/ Q+ @, e' Y3 c$ TWhy did I join this club?
: b4 U# ~+ l+ m, p3 N8 M5 I# V为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ E) q" X" `2 l6 x为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 c8 }% ]- ?. v6 s3 O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.
) W8 |2 P: b: m# [: y1 U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.
+ J' z$ u/ R# h6 P( U$ P否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 Q. q' q( D/ ?! s6 f5 iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
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。
& U  g2 z8 X+ z/ W, m, s8 UThere'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.
/ d( ]/ B. j6 {! r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.
2 E* {4 w4 ]+ e) [: F1 N谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
. s1 |# u  v0 M' a( E0 V# d: p3 cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 m" `' i7 u5 T& I# Z8 W% H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: I8 E/ y: D' g) sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* @$ u+ L$ D$ [4 ]2 ?' R你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! C6 }% n$ ^. h2 ^' ~6 q你写备忘录吗？
- ~8 [1 i" Z% E3 R5 jDoes 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 ~4 o0 W: E# Y2 s2 q2 h' E7 ZWhat 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？
" L' t3 O4 w9 \& ~What 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？