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
+ g( [& E0 d$ {$ {, E  y7 A# gSometimes 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?
; n7 B  E1 c6 o你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, b6 Q  M4 {8 }7 B1 a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.
9 I9 c$ ]' a. q. r0 K7 L我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- o1 u: \, ~! X2 z3 KAnd 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: J" I, W. e; p, p" C1 @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
7 u. [; Z7 L6 P' U3 ?' h0 R6 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
) n$ \# x% f) m0 S; II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( i( Z/ x0 A& J2 pBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ u7 X+ {, |" z) t: ?$ I" E/ m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？
0 f* J( m) u0 j; \0 YAt 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.
$ t% I+ b4 N' [% H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。
4 S. S1 S" ]6 k8 Z7 K, IWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 ~8 [# @- \+ d+ FWhy did I join this club?
9 m; F! c- C& u. c) B: x: U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?
为什么我要结婚？
' Q7 Z" z& U1 n& X* B% o2 o( UIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 ]$ h" u7 G% L7 i+ c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.
2 u; T9 @3 {: h- y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。
) o& i( o% [$ |. {( p, j7 [We stop starting. We quit the club.
; n' R3 h1 r% \; x, D3 l我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ \, n& k1 F. M$ w9 s, v$ ]) s# {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。
. b0 {1 ?# F! @/ RThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
5 U7 [2 ]& N. y4 _问为什么没什么问题。
0 o, a" A# R% N2 tIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# Q* H6 O5 N  P* {# B- K* h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。
, `% C; \, F/ y" CTalk about it.
* \6 \0 m$ K; a  _" w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?
0 y" B7 M& T& I& q, Z它是一种遥远的记忆？
; ^3 `* \8 H8 @) z. Q6 SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 `! r4 |4 c: U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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" t1 I3 ^6 x7 T/ i' e; uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 h# \8 h4 i2 O& p/ S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 K3 u4 e& z; vWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 t. x8 l* O  v1 D8 P! |1 N还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 S8 e' w: n# F2 l9 c, rWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ @( M" v: U; \' l! R* ~你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？