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.
; g) z, o/ Z. X) y+ U有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 B: P" K: G" V; i) \; C& ~6 }- WHave you ever done that?
( U1 y. W/ Z; N; U9 Y- F- g你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 D" l( V: G/ E( {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.
' Q( f2 A6 s, t% v! w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.
/ M; i+ r  [6 \% |  w2 e7 u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。
* _* A/ {2 t7 }' J) ]. ^: FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, \# W* {! g/ M0 ?/ L4 p" S哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
3 f* X6 j! H4 k0 I这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 t- C* y* {* F9 Z* gBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. W- J' ?, g9 d2 C' x$ ]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.
0 o" q' h7 Y6 d, M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.
- J: ~. C; Y$ Y' T5 G& T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% T7 G) e% i) W0 K; I" x8 y. XIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
( Q5 x- Y* ~! t) Q' _* KWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, I9 }9 s. m1 B5 E  K4 I8 f  VWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 V  J! j8 i# z# H# [Why 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？
2 _4 q% `! f5 t: G8 @% lIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 i! h6 ^% Q& i% K  k, b. c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。
0 p4 o  b; z0 J5 C/ Z& ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' K1 F) o) V) ?6 i) dOr 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.
, N3 Q! T1 i+ ~) B9 V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  e. f- E: b+ L9 G1 FWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# n# g" q9 J+ S  x$ I' I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.
* n6 u: ~+ |) V% [- G问为什么没什么问题。
/ ]7 C% j  J7 W9 X, W/ zIn 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。
! U7 |* }( H: m; I, GTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
% Z% x  d/ h$ v& i3 [. D  {! nIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 |5 v* z& J4 Z4 i- Q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?
& R5 E% a3 }" B它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 d+ [* O0 n5 j' O3 E& s) r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?
你写备忘录吗？
, \' r+ l( u3 q( R; G5 o/ PDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 L# K" f, H3 i& g: W- m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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？