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

* N8 z2 T" _, y1 L记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
! c. ^5 H: L: b: P/ c$ E7 t; Q  ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
: i+ y" K0 h2 F! M  D- h. A: o. W$ Q- r你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 C$ i$ U5 X7 z5 U( BI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 C/ a1 y4 o; P# k6 i2 C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.
; ?% G9 }5 R" m9 F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.
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。
0 l) ^8 y- \: qWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: z- T, I/ v8 R  a% r1 r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。
* t/ i, K- W2 F; u+ xI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 ~" w, A% R1 _& ?6 w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.
% N$ `  r& ^2 D4 q7 i1 K) J9 |6 f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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 X+ ?2 S5 @6 A" y6 F0 p9 uWhy did I start to learn a language?
. y" X! y, R" K0 o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ b' i; @9 [; z: C0 C- F9 rWhy did I join this club?
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?
9 U0 m7 @$ S1 |  F  S9 b- {3 ]4 y0 r为什么我要结婚？
; l( J' d; o' [8 j  h7 Q0 YIf 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.
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.
; ?+ f* C) k! K. ~! K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.
: g; y. m$ o8 Y% E- t* W, g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。
- K, }$ {. J; ^9 m) k- YIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- J, j( h4 r1 @9 o7 v6 ]' [; j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。
( Q2 D8 \$ D, L, h4 m7 G) ]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?
8 b- c' O* D& L  \它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 ^! ?) ~* T! R3 d7 c8 z8 ^3 CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& F. P% U! i7 p$ S9 _你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; V# _! ?& r' h0 ?2 XDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
7 f1 f! i: m( g2 P7 X- A/ jDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 E) V. F' R, \! Q) K7 o) b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 [' e: L9 O5 S! G& Q) ZWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
8 ~% P. F0 I8 }7 X. Z0 _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？