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
% [) V! h  Q" e4 cSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 s' Y7 @% X2 s5 M- Y# S1 G$ k有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  A7 N$ K; W1 _* R3 o& zHave you ever done that?
% p. n9 q2 I/ m* d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.
) Z5 ?8 k% s4 G6 C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。
) D+ a' R: {. ~That's a memory problem.
! c! `, f; q" u1 R3 V这是一个记忆问题。
. Q1 r! @: b6 o6 CI guess that counts too.
, O3 n7 ~- R% D5 s0 V我想那很重要。
But 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.
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.
4 r) t2 l: I- T8 _, o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？
% ?! U/ }9 t" tWhy 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？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 @; P1 n3 B( r3 q* |- X- J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。
1 l" T  ], R) Y1 ]  n6 PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# t9 @8 @' p6 w, B3 a! U我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) p- P. F) s1 ~6 w3 J7 \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.
% J9 G) P/ q  l7 ~# b4 W) G: A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" ?) H; W# q( V- k8 ]We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  Z& l/ Y9 @$ P8 @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.
! I$ n" n& B5 O问为什么没什么问题。
5 q& ~" A: t% W( m) ~0 K5 {In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. Y) u2 e2 U" s3 l1 g/ n* f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。
) Y9 D% ^/ f6 r% E& \Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
9 n: T8 q9 |* ]( ^你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ s2 F' C3 |% G$ @) RIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* w; O- T  E  }/ n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 B; |3 v! e% Y- v" ?" ~How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: z6 y: r+ }7 r% a$ j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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' w+ B$ I2 D" |. o9 o6 l; A4 _你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
$ [; I! Y# @, pWhat 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？
5 l/ R& U( V; I- }9 p: V, I8 l( \What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; @, s; y" z/ X( ?, X0 z9 G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？