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.
! p- l2 N7 j) f$ c' M- U+ ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 r% a5 ~) v; [你曾有过这种经历吗？
# d# c7 w* x  ]0 YI'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。
+ f- G' k* ]3 ]7 F* W* DI 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。
7 w8 v- T# c% h' }, E. wAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ }& m7 t  a' o2 d* s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.
这是一个记忆问题。
) I9 y& V2 ^) M+ v' Z  n7 k6 NI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 o5 n1 L5 p) d+ o* |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。
8 V; \8 n+ k) S" P2 e8 _( OFor 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？
: H& L+ [8 L! x; }, _; M8 v# B! EWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) }, d1 w2 z' c% nWhy my friend was this person?
6 _2 Z) n5 h% Q2 \为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* z3 |* J* z* ]1 G8 wIf 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。
# S" ]# h, g1 X% `4 f9 q- x5 C# CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
2 F1 ~# `8 P8 d: @( A, w; r+ _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.
" d% c2 y' Y3 L否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
! N9 s% ?" m9 O我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 R) p0 I) c1 J( P2 H' GThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
8 R/ M7 |+ E4 C: dIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 L3 x8 X/ K$ i6 V# Q7 q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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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?
- u( U0 d: I0 B. L它是一种遥远的记忆？
* L& v! ]9 t/ x( A6 w: EDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
  v8 f9 m2 ~+ I7 O6 w" c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, ^) A, a: V, e! r; ]- _( E$ AHow 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？
+ K" m0 |, r3 D: B4 }! m& h0 Q- K; xDoes 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？
- {4 R; y) q: z3 ?) \; j  {8 L% E. 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？