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。
. e  Z' Q/ B2 ~" R! d7 J8 \4 KHave you ever done that?
  E0 V* C4 N+ N. Y/ I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。
4 d# r) s( D3 a8 S2 ^I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% Y- {0 Q  i9 q7 F9 V1 B8 u( n我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
8 r# n3 E% Z2 s! b" z* Q; W  dAnd 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。
" X5 H. v9 q. S& [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。
. [9 D6 G' N! h# j+ [That's a memory problem.
, L2 s8 [% Y6 p, T4 G这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
! E" t- A6 y2 {: A我想那很重要。
4 f- ^1 P. x" I8 X. @* Z: SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- {6 K' h- k8 q% @4 F8 _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.
+ J7 \, h) V8 p! [: \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.
3 l% R4 D; c. [# |$ U- G( v# [# J! _. c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
- c$ L/ ]- T* y, I# PIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 c6 \$ e# |' Z, }! O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？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" ~+ _  R6 c) V, }Why my friend was this person?
+ `4 M& E! X3 h/ g为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 a7 H3 G: R" s' c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.
0 z& u0 Y  Y6 X3 V( E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。
% Z1 ^& G; g, |! e, XOr 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.
$ N* }2 v9 V, o  \% F我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! s% \! P9 H0 w- e* i  ]: n2 \) KWe 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。
* y: b8 {2 c+ ?! }' X4 r) |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
% S6 u5 G" k7 J- K5 }7 h' j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.
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.
: n# J" v- C& k% d7 F谈论下面的话题：
9 S0 o, q) D; Y: ^Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 w& D3 x1 K8 V; J% B你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  f) D0 b) c: t, p2 ^Is it a kind of distant memory?
0 B9 G* C5 ]# R, J4 O0 f它是一种遥远的记忆？
' v# u( N, g0 d/ t4 mDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
. u9 i6 @$ Q. O/ q. ~- r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" p1 |! O, d1 |% P6 J* i5 N2 HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; J. m+ H/ r$ E. \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?
. i# Q5 Z' U5 x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?
* o/ y% h3 A$ m" \! R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?
, o2 M6 X. l0 R( W( V) i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？