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.
! l3 A% e2 O: t有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ |% ?3 y0 t0 c0 t( ^1 R( A% B" AI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 O7 Y! Z, g5 m我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; k# ^8 c0 b# k9 kI 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.
2 J( y9 I3 a1 m% w6 M" a6 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。
; }6 l: k* o8 ?Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 K- i; z- Q! O4 s' _7 S: 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.
# D2 C* E! n9 m9 O1 I1 D! ~这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
: k% _$ I5 R" r& \& A, f7 Y4 H( z我想那很重要。
! T7 M1 q. O& Y2 b* a1 W5 p7 [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？
; s, u) M' n, OAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! _- Q+ ~/ z3 U! y% e+ S在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& N6 H7 m) Q- Q5 y! J8 TFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 {- G) W! C* X! y; A: P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?
" i2 o( n. e  W+ o, r/ {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 P, U! |3 q9 BWhy 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?
* Q0 G# u  o' r8 N$ i$ Y, X% C: w) p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.
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。
/ L* s) Z- l1 W* K1 @I think we need indeed remind us of why.
- q$ I& L: D% m8 l  q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。
% C3 R0 a. M$ k2 Y$ h  TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ C  x* L% S2 h+ D5 CWe 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。
- B% k) A4 r2 F5 z$ a* V6 n" KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& J8 Z- _  c6 i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.
1 v% {! G+ n. R. J4 ^, ]谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
3 _- d1 s+ T% YIs 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……
2 U8 q9 k9 q# u* d; q7 oHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' D0 }: h! r3 g1 GDo you write memos?
* U) t8 O' x' {2 Z& A$ g2 C& ?$ ?你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- W) a- s' f" Z, k: ~0 I2 E3 H7 }* V1 Y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?
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?
' D2 k- k1 {" w( T3 L4 g  t你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？