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

+ j% f1 U3 X- @; Q9 \! b2 l记住我们为什么做某事
- O# [$ w4 d: lSometimes 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。
7 O3 a/ I# T& u% |5 p3 ^Have you ever done that?
1 R' w9 v9 w7 ]0 u你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
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。
: Y: t1 z$ C) t% `/ o) AAnd 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。
& V& w0 I) J( @& U4 T: D0 a1 _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。
I guess that counts too.
6 F+ }& r# e% H- G, _% d我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  \: D6 _- p  j/ Z! J! Q/ X0 Y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？
* R  B' z: p# V" h7 C8 T; @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。
- W+ J3 V) t% k6 y( {- `- r3 L5 \- ?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。
& C/ ^: u, B+ X- D  ]) dIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
( f) z- z) }! E. f& Y总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 z: V! X2 i8 h8 h为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; J+ w$ ^" D$ B5 p. S  }2 QWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
+ \9 c$ l+ Q& V& r8 m$ ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 l$ R" _0 Q# gWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. ^1 O; a/ C3 x4 z3 n5 k3 |) yIf 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。
' t3 a: i6 L$ ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
: F1 i) }( W7 d; h' y# A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。
( ^) u8 j- L& G8 F4 m! s: n. _We stop starting. We quit the club.
- o( F4 Q% R: U# @* F6 \  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。
% L, `5 L9 q; k7 ], }+ Y; u/ o. }' kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
; P2 Y6 C- P; Y' f( W5 }! lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ k3 P0 e) S' w+ T% P, y! c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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  j, ~0 \& R. G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?
' B5 D4 k& Q1 m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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 Y  s% M' O2 y( i- R- w你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
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？
# M7 Q# t& P5 @2 ]% ~What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; z6 L, [4 |" N$ L8 D你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？