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
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。
2 x. ?, R" _/ ~8 H% u7 mHave 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。
# B3 D+ ^; B5 U/ t2 y: j- @3 u: OI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. _" Q* j8 b5 F# V/ Q1 r) X* `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.
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.
4 U; s  r" X2 x- J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 B# d/ c! r& M0 x% DThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
  W# J$ l5 q5 A3 q& p" g5 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.
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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
* s. x; R  t0 ?8 j: _1 f# _+ e. x8 g为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" G. g$ L: U( F- O* \/ gWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- r8 v$ m) O- ]; ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  t) B# _" u( t+ |; l8 u+ MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: t# L5 Q. `# ]  J  yIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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.
+ Z6 _" u' L7 I4 D我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 E. E" T$ L7 K# ^  g- m! V6 ?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。
3 t7 l: s" q" r1 AWe 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。
) `4 K  U& u# N% sThere'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.
) i" M9 I4 O  @5 A  |! f0 E谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 K  f% d8 h( r7 Y( C# G5 r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？
- i) k& w$ s/ V0 k3 D/ h3 iDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
' t4 ?7 b- ]  }" bDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ t$ s+ E$ }2 q" y' R3 p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?
! r: O' X: S6 F2 K1 M' Y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
% K* F# t8 m7 `2 D, e6 [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
- x$ \/ b  ^. o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？