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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 n( {; Q0 x% ^1 u你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 S# o1 w8 p# d& l: h$ q" h1 pI'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.
5 ?/ r; f0 e; ~# W0 ^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.
/ v0 l# m( Y1 k: d0 c; y2 Q& g! [& x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
" Y" ^+ N  T. J, t. \, \That's a memory problem.
) O; P9 D# P( \% L% K, I这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 M3 t  h+ I) i5 z7 BBut 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.
) I. J6 T' a1 J& V2 o' M5 R在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& W3 I; o7 ~: l- UFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- Y: _0 X3 ^9 I3 Z4 ?$ r5 l5 t对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- l) S" ?4 t7 Z% u: h( R9 h总是可以问问自己为什么。
& j$ M* G- z$ J7 n/ PWhy did I start to learn a language?
& e6 c" K# E9 ]/ e8 C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ {5 \: x$ V) I/ m  d* c/ l/ F4 xWhy did I join this club?
" f9 C3 T; d2 P: g% X  ]7 q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* k* n# w( v2 ?5 j0 ?Why did I get married?
4 d4 @% o- f/ f; L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.
6 K! P) H+ R( U7 T1 K; U4 `) y% A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。
2 l. j5 g+ `' J; [- POr 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.
; [( i8 z$ G: [# X* B/ t3 P9 ^8 j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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  P+ O; g) P3 ~0 w7 I- K0 s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.
: C/ a1 q9 T/ n7 C, b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?
# `3 Z+ r% a+ S' R! D% Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 R7 q. J* y  P6 ?/ Z/ D' C6 H: _' O你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( b- g; F* R1 M/ H- U你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 L( a+ q+ z8 N4 {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- S5 v" e, F8 g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?
; [6 C9 l- W  ^, J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？