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
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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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
' w- f* o' ]+ y6 Y- x0 u. A& lI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" u: F$ g- T1 N+ I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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  p) E+ r5 ~3 m  _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& J; e0 I* Z* N: E( r3 G7 V7 a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* H0 i( F) @" A" E5 e2 |- eWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. ]0 {# ]) Q3 X; X% Z. Y5 d6 m! O哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
) A7 O( ?* u  l) g8 _9 R- W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.
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.
( Z. o  v, ^& B* S; L+ j. Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( T' g& `) q. v. x7 V" xIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; Q+ c' T; F0 @; ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
% _! Y: s2 H% h, a; \4 {- [为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 r6 T0 G5 a- K) q: z' Z; bWhy did I join this club?
* N" V0 ~3 b& b为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 E  d5 `; q7 O% r为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( z* j( d: O! Q& U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。
- w* Y! U! N6 L2 AI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 T2 ^$ C: r8 l0 q+ |6 r6 n+ fWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& U) f: ?/ c0 F, N9 G( u, f我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& ^9 ^/ c  u* \3 U7 K4 e5 s+ Z) u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.
/ \) K' e0 g4 a/ p* }" w3 o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。
, m8 P6 Y4 l1 t* G3 ]# N# Q3 ETalk about it.
7 \) J( M$ k7 C  O& c  [, h谈论下面的话题：
8 j/ v- s% ]; x0 a8 `' JIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. L, v  N2 O7 F* Y  b7 b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？
0 a4 i0 [7 B! IDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- N' K" `! d2 s( T( G6 c5 H* ^你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ @8 W3 C; z' c: U2 F! w4 y: V你写备忘录吗？
1 z9 U, Z" }0 c9 b% k& uDoes 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？
5 z. |% m4 c  [# F7 h: x" z( YWhat 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?
* b$ j* p& `& y& g, Q) g: O你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？