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
* |9 [  t/ m/ R0 U0 [Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 q7 b; M, G& M7 v5 D' n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ b3 h% x  e+ z/ ?$ |Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. G9 t2 T4 W2 J7 t; u, z. \/ L6 DI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: r6 z' Q; Y8 {+ S8 C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" u! u" ]) o; \" VI 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。
/ J% A- k4 n9 o: Q8 G- _1 _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; v5 T3 Z& S3 {! c  w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.
8 y$ c6 A3 Q( w! w+ w6 J8 F0 K这是一个记忆问题。
6 T; j# O7 P* P  X5 U$ C: |' _& s' lI guess that counts too.
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 a  C' ?+ U; l3 v$ \1 r/ t2 x$ AIt'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？
Why did I join this club?
, f) ?9 m0 e) q2 _: H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？
$ U9 F: W& X/ Y1 C( ^6 L9 mWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
; j, B  l' h5 w+ R0 `( z% kIf 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。
& l0 {1 n2 P, h8 J# \+ i$ V* GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; L. J( `/ z7 b9 z1 |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.
  b5 D/ ]" l& y( a4 B9 J  [  f8 ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" Z  ^8 w' p4 g5 ~1 Q- c8 j3 D( u5 ~! iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
/ M# K6 p* a$ s! d2 \: C: k我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
0 H" L3 U1 G4 f' EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 m0 y, S3 a$ V$ M' Z- g3 a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.
, F4 V! Y' l/ a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。
* v; Y0 X4 r! P: J1 e% @$ sTalk about it.
  w% k1 u; W1 B% V4 g谈论下面的话题：
- z8 v* [) e7 ?4 w% \" kIs 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 Z3 d5 ~. @  k$ G- J0 q% j. @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" s1 z( L8 `4 D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 s$ N8 F/ i/ K" M; @Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" }" V0 t" P3 P( 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 p& o6 I9 h( vWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# S1 f( H9 c$ q0 Z  B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？