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
3 I/ o( z' h' _, M( v8 m3 l: i& rSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- W! P, B( y' X& y1 r& y: A! S有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
! {  S( W) ~0 C: F$ ^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.
# b) z# i% G% ~3 ~. }' 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.
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。
! s9 |) X1 ]( O- vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
4 y& ~+ K+ R- @' ]- c2 Z! T0 A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
2 U9 z# L$ ?- [% J这是一个记忆问题。
% Q- o9 a9 N3 p1 ZI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 u6 G) y7 b  @$ Z  OBut 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。
. ^, }; G8 a1 O8 o+ c3 ^/ FFor 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。
7 H+ F% ]5 }$ W( I4 p  JIt'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?
1 s2 Y  k9 w, l9 U& Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% a$ o. _7 t8 T4 mWhy did I join this club?
9 Y' }8 f9 @. _8 y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) M) r3 b: _& w  SWhy my friend was this person?
6 W9 k* q: y4 B& C& N3 [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" i4 {5 }( t# i( y) W5 wWhy did I get married?
+ \6 s5 D- D# w" J: D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.
2 L6 i7 }, `& \( H5 \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.
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。
% w2 x) i; V2 J% r" TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 T* L* F0 C" o( W7 |* z* Z' ~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。
! k/ n  X" m% Q& u+ g3 gThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 B$ o/ D0 k0 s问为什么没什么问题。
, b/ [! S" M" m% S! n# z* [. i+ }In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. @% g  ~, I+ R- ^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.
5 a) c) j( \6 x) v4 v) |8 P7 C谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 }& \- k# p: @: `. E- L你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& ]) d) |: b! [" ]3 JIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 B7 a! d6 N. z8 z& z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？
$ D" i9 q5 o! t: `  ]3 L* NDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) ]! a4 k0 S, b  j0 v2 {3 x你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- P* N9 F+ @9 P: X+ hWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 a& J. T' m$ L  a% P/ Q: M5 k/ 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?
% w" H5 n3 w! `3 p: Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？