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

8 M( Y  B2 o% m5 ]' h2 o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。
4 i" ~3 \5 |& G) `% v" [Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 ?' {; U, C% T# a我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
5 d0 J- Y1 n4 O) u* X- V) ~; 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。
5 p$ e& n; G- W' PAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 A( s% D! L. b, P% s: E, S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.
# `- N6 z# _: d0 Y8 w" E3 ?6 k- H哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
7 q) p& {% [) N/ F3 K5 E; dThat's a memory problem.
7 l2 }+ ?7 A# s( x( P! C. n( m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?
4 n# R9 C$ a& E& s8 M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？
+ g0 S) O9 G) @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。
# g4 x* E! T* 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.
8 Y9 ~! y+ N# _7 l! d4 P5 v总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
; O6 g" v+ U. W6 f: |* K# i为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 K) o" a+ U: U& [4 FWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 l) H- c4 w7 WWhy 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.
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。
9 J5 e4 Y0 E0 ]  F  {* J. i1 ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- A3 q0 C4 @6 O5 y4 T1 P: Z* EOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% x9 @/ J0 k: l; @% X+ Z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
+ M5 P& O# K5 R9 P; J( Y4 C3 N8 W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; W, B, I& O& R我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 c- }6 }9 N, R8 r+ M1 VThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" u$ F% z( [3 x* {  _  d3 d: XIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) t# `' G, m, }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.
谈论下面的话题：
& g! a3 O& A/ q9 Z6 Q. PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, Q/ _3 |; T& m( z+ M  [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?
; p. d) X7 s3 m; ~4 j它是一种遥远的记忆？
& O- _- d$ L' Y! W6 L7 tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
: c6 U5 @0 B8 B/ N* j. P你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ B4 i! K9 W5 t7 pHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
9 w2 M9 F9 K- {9 F5 IDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. w( _. b! J" T2 N) o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?
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?
6 N0 s' Y( ]+ ~1 Z7 ]' h' N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？