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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ z8 m  a- A9 a: V) R; a: d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
# [. w! Z2 ~, _2 T9 H# M! l0 \! ]4 PHave 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.
& ?+ m3 p8 [! }3 Y, Y. `% o" K我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 ?3 d# |) e  I0 M6 \. {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。
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.
/ R1 A, a$ z- D( j9 y& o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# u2 H( ~) T! U+ dThat's a memory problem.
* _# |6 e1 @8 }  z, W7 y' L  W6 b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?
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.
9 E2 r0 R' p5 @2 X0 t4 i在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
( e2 j1 X4 H& u2 N! fFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' a4 h8 a; T2 J6 m( f  b; E  w  z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
& a( m8 q/ c/ R0 g6 D* T& n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& ?0 N) S+ l) C3 O( CWhy my friend was this person?
: Y" M6 b6 P- z* g: G0 P3 [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 f; r7 V7 j4 D1 U" \9 B( u/ CWhy did I get married?
, g8 i+ `% r2 ^9 B- D5 c- B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.
4 U! B7 Y! w' ?, L! F# x" J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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. x3 c" y  p. w; ~) |: T6 f: a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。
* Z& Y4 N, ?& J! M: ?In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; L- k7 P. w% o, g& s; V/ G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：
& F1 I2 }2 |. J5 ~3 WIs 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?
( F/ t. T8 k( {) I/ ]$ d它是一种遥远的记忆？
! `/ L/ A; \6 k6 ]1 dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- `+ J  U: m" S( {. \  ?: l  L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？
* {0 l) l6 O! s2 C) T* J  D1 z, A8 ~Do you write memos?
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？
3 @) w" b/ R3 b1 d5 v" L) }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 `& C7 O2 @3 }* ]" K( ^还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
; @8 U/ ~0 P3 g2 D- |( [$ E: ~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？