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
) |. B# \1 e( L) z0 sSometimes 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?
1 q8 w& w: E+ f+ |6 M你曾有过这种经历吗？
; e# G, |; L2 l  I# j- gI'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.
' G& v' C/ A5 S1 g1 Q* b( c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.
+ a& b7 f& O, U' 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。
. C+ O  W. t, F/ B; n, e# ?6 vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  w, o) |! c" M4 X$ \, R: i8 v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。
. f) A+ Y9 L$ d. j+ w! HI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: Z! C3 M6 ?4 a% w; G! [: [But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 z% e& N) g: c* I0 }; x: s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？
# ?4 T: i* i7 r- [" d( M7 TAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
% {! `4 p9 ]3 k' q9 l6 w4 G在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  l9 ^% B, b2 Q5 v  m( dFor 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。
0 ]8 C8 l! K* g9 LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  t4 `. J$ u* T, {4 q& p$ fWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ p5 b+ w. Q/ Y$ n2 pWhy did I join this club?
/ g$ t0 G7 o0 s6 g" p& V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？
Why did I get married?
) H5 ?/ [8 I, D4 ?$ t) S4 R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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 r. _- V: O7 u7 {2 c' ]1 ]我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 K9 I- R( i% ^7 D" kOr 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.
  L" \0 R: e  K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, P, r6 [3 a) ~. a# u7 g4 YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# w! h" B4 J& ^我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  a% b& \( |# C  S/ Z6 eThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
  }3 ?. Y( y4 LIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- {/ }; [+ c1 i2 D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。
4 V& ~; q( s4 }' l+ r7 FTalk about it.
6 V) P8 f' c0 C4 ?谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& E0 b4 K( {% c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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: l4 k- U0 O5 T: s$ l/ }& yHow 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？
* F0 S; ?2 `7 c$ d; SDoes 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？
' x, g* Y- U2 b0 H/ f6 K) |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# M: J3 \. ]9 w还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 Z! @( k7 T: n$ N' Y  t2 ?1 ~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？