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

3 ~, i2 D9 E& T4 t' ^记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 T- Z) `; N+ ^1 f, S有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
$ [: \$ f3 @- f+ \Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ _# c) \( K/ G& E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。
( [! _1 }, C6 D) \. [/ K" m2 Z+ dWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 ~3 V8 M9 @6 I( 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。
# B' K& `' q3 j; W4 \% AI guess that counts too.
: A- x2 W1 s* L! V我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' f- Y% O1 z! y! ^* f% A1 I" `. G" d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.
7 E5 q% y% |7 _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 S! K9 e3 U' J( lFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ r& O' d& c3 H: V7 B9 m. m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 [8 W0 o) W. a: j! \2 I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？
6 u# @2 N- h$ ?9 `7 y; G* zWhy 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?
( f& n0 q) J3 H为什么我要结婚？
# b: O: R( j! rIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ [* S; U  T( i3 d8 ~; l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.
  i' u+ t" f2 t8 [; z% s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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 k2 E: {8 m% j' W0 A: |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。
: G8 v+ |( n; I0 oIn 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。
0 y# {" g* g. W! u1 o4 r3 G# lTalk about it.
. f* l* A! K9 r& d: v谈论下面的话题：
% Y- G, l" k0 _. n6 `6 UIs 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...
+ D. l( x/ k5 y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) _' H& R- q0 b- S你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 X4 l, V" s  ?2 _/ S  D; GDo you write memos?
- _9 h1 K, o0 U& o7 }6 W  q- ?, h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？
+ t- i3 _- h( L: mWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% T( g: u& z& \& }& B还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ S# x8 U4 G0 MWhat 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？