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
! Y6 e0 c) I, j- wSometimes 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?
; M$ Y6 X: Q) f" D& A你曾有过这种经历吗？
) g5 X, e; m" N$ H7 E0 PI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# m9 x" t3 |  [) c: @. _7 n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.
- H. E) b4 ~: c" W$ J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.
9 |: n! V6 X6 _6 t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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
3 E% K  n. l3 o' C: k! T7 kI guess that counts too.
/ c9 y% \8 `) f% J! {1 O: L2 @我想那很重要。
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？
4 Z* y; j, ]7 {+ S6 SAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 L/ R" t5 K: n8 B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.
8 D: c- Q0 A! s( P5 r对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ [; Z) y8 m/ f# H( Q# `1 d3 H' W! {* qWhy my friend was this person?
" o3 P/ e9 @4 A: y) f  [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
  |& n! c: x- T7 c* k7 L) ]6 V7 WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 _; g3 T# x# x- k3 @5 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。
8 c! b: j0 O; @4 f3 K7 f. l. U! A5 LI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 K" B; ~  S$ K' e& KOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& c. z- U* V6 H+ y+ A否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 N  p9 M2 g; B1 E6 yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
" }$ d  d  w, Q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) K% }1 \" }/ }4 O2 x3 zWe 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.
9 O/ ?- M* Q; T; c, e$ L' f) X  ?% O% e问为什么没什么问题。
) P' {( L( R6 {4 \' u7 W2 O, KIn 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。
% p# M' u( v; l: m+ ~Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
& l, N" M2 X7 qIs 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？
' f/ }* _3 M! z" P6 p' f0 Y* ~3 d" T1 jDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ d! S0 D3 K9 M: M% `# Y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# u/ H, Y1 U1 W" zDo you write memos?
. w5 D3 _& M% T- B1 b你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 Q! d3 P4 V; e; z: l! s你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
9 N& M+ e: v0 W4 d1 z/ b: VWhat 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？
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？