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
' I1 O7 S9 f# a5 d' H' Y3 ISometimes 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?
9 a) a9 |/ H, F+ S/ d& c你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, H8 y6 P6 g# d+ M* c我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
5 g$ K/ ~& h) ~I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 @' y8 A+ d( |% ]0 g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.
; S5 D, d0 a" y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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
  |' H" l# m# K8 \: s- [1 GBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 j/ z' l! y- {- R" 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？
! o% D0 ?+ Q% {( Z: m5 P6 ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
- y$ f8 \3 R% Y# {) A4 t% Y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。
9 a7 c- h  \, Z+ t* d2 e: w+ bWhy 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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 O* x/ s1 Y, z/ GWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 H5 m. h" u* S, Z* ?3 n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.
5 w$ p8 R$ _, E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.
! g: q1 O4 Q$ d+ E5 s# D6 K否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
$ V& e8 }" J0 D" k  @2 Q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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
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.
9 B: l. ]' ?: T* e, w  r% `谈论下面的话题：
: B, `, o2 p5 d* ^* PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 J2 q/ _8 a2 D- I" x" H% C% k你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# |3 o7 l6 b$ N. q# u: O9 X' TIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
. ?: `3 C& q" C$ O+ T* q# iDid 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？
) i+ q6 d  W9 e( m$ c' l+ J& mDo you write memos?
; z" S5 I6 s+ U# r$ n3 @你写备忘录吗？
) Y2 N4 f6 U* P8 M: I& C! ]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？
! W. g; H2 b) V$ B4 ^' X) {7 s  Q9 }What 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？
% S) O& X5 M( |# P$ a4 R3 WWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 _; k) z0 q. x9 B+ D/ K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？