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

' W  O0 N, h5 s3 r/ t1 ~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。
& G/ S6 I* J% m% Q" _. f: c! yHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ ~6 Q/ ?% S/ T, b" u( a/ h% J8 X" AI'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。
* |/ W. z) ?/ n; p* V+ p7 RI 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。
' o6 P' ?& i' n. A8 {8 IAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 w# N2 g' ^' a3 J$ Q# E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.
( L2 i& [4 u) ?* d8 |3 s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。
7 X/ e0 Z* _  J* D& ~I guess that counts too.
% c5 J' L% i8 `9 j我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% U+ [" q( ~# m0 `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？
At 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
  a  _: U4 _  V9 V. u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？
! A$ H4 I2 j& ZWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 T1 x" R5 N( eWhy my friend was this person?
- R) G1 \' k" \2 e7 X2 O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. ~; ?1 R0 |! a2 P8 A6 T/ mWhy did I get married?
- m: b, }- g- t2 S4 J/ j6 [' A+ n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.
, V* t3 G3 A. `* ?# E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。
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.
0 T2 B) G1 F: B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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
9 T2 c/ \+ O9 |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。
7 o4 j/ J+ V5 y( u' J% \# |Talk about it.
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？
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?
/ J  q" j+ p  B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 u% g8 j) l9 e! X3 V你写备忘录吗？
8 x  j, u! o  ]  ^/ |Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: y2 _( U& H( T$ {9 B4 u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?
9 l& Z/ M' J4 W% ^+ {- ]$ i! w8 y  C还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
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？