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
3 F4 F0 L6 K4 W" ISometimes 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。
9 }# U. y5 e- l1 }Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 b7 u5 x* X; T. [9 N  Y& zI'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' L1 y  Z+ o. @0 o我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
/ v" r- q' V) X9 v7 A, j  h% G9 nAnd 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
+ @" O' n6 J  k这是一个记忆问题。
7 J* |& }, f; T7 SI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 _1 r/ S! v3 m: C. G$ c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？
# L: x2 S. T2 C+ i$ e: M2 yAt 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。
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。
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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: w& X' q+ r7 p7 s. T) U; d" pWhy did I join this club?
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？
3 D( f7 x+ R( A5 S% }$ tWhy 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。
7 \1 q4 u- Y3 ?3 O" tI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
& u$ W" s9 J/ a% {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
5 o- [0 [5 s( d我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( _% n4 ~9 F6 f3 H' JWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 b: c$ M6 O3 ~: Z% a6 E问为什么没什么问题。
5 m. P. ~, O( Q5 N" L  mIn 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。
3 b  L" U. }# m% M' e& N0 h$ kTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. Z: z! I$ c, {0 dIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 Z  @/ j! y% q( RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 \; g7 d8 s: E: `4 G# e0 n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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- i7 a$ r+ U. p) n5 Q2 ~- g. A你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
  e9 v6 }2 {0 W0 f( H" qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 f$ P  X' {! x5 {; o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?
: G! c8 u1 e) g+ F2 B你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？