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
2 X0 O) N0 a* R. L$ z# x) b1 X( |Sometimes 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。
  L' J2 W1 b7 t8 w; @" G  H+ EHave you ever done that?
2 b0 X4 B0 |7 [你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# e' b6 I3 I: g我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: V# R) D. D7 z+ n! B* |I 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。
: ~0 h9 W; ^' |  mAnd 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.
* z7 n5 r0 g( Y* W1 c  v" p哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 x0 J8 B' j" XThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
# v: }) a) [7 e/ ]( [我想那很重要。
3 w* p" d# f1 H# XBut 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.
) B( _% k7 R  e2 |/ L( s) u9 e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.
5 _( @" I. Z3 o3 c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. C- T! F6 q( R5 |( E: q' b* CIt'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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- t( c3 I" ]4 j) IWhy my friend was this person?
  ^8 b3 t2 e. N, L9 Z: `1 o为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
* P8 ?$ Y. C$ f5 `* [  P为什么我要结婚？
8 ~# `* [8 j' mIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
, L+ o) z. ^1 X" ~2 ^. }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.
; X3 c& Y, c- V( s7 {& j0 W% F7 @: b( R& i我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. f0 T( i+ r+ |! zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ n. g. \9 ?( y" l8 RWe stop starting. We quit the club.
/ c2 b4 \) i. ^8 O% W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ {1 k: ^' |7 R9 Q# F我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 i* a. N- _6 s7 q7 ]There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& @/ U( {; t6 C  W) @4 k- nIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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.
( C( }/ u0 H0 d: c谈论下面的话题：
8 e' s4 D+ `; g2 r: m' I+ |& C$ xIs 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...
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？
3 \' v4 W1 M$ o3 |Do you write memos?
( h5 @( U  V: @9 l, A  u你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ ]: Q2 Q- f/ s9 e% Z  E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?
& I4 B3 \/ v% R* H0 I$ {0 X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？