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。
Have you ever done that?
$ v' ~1 f" E4 z, W  O你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 E8 |. F2 l) W- I. B# }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.
/ U( W6 {+ b+ H/ Y# J; G& F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.
8 v( R5 _" L6 ^  i) A. d3 z3 S4 B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。
! I9 J6 b4 r, B+ E* sWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, o, I- B  C+ [' |哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# R. t! @$ o' e1 S. P4 g( \* \4 C, TThat's a memory problem.
1 _/ `0 u( v+ z3 o2 _! q1 o% W这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 z! R) F1 P# R9 \; cBut 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？
% d4 S" `9 r" z, V5 eAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! ?$ b/ z( G2 t8 |# Y! p$ h在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 O! L# @. r( e4 _. _For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. @, Q) B$ S( \; G5 S3 H( _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
" V( x; t0 Y# W, q; ~% k  Y; o( T" ~It's always could to ask ourselves why.
* @9 ^" p  ~; p) H) w总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
$ D1 u: A1 ?4 v& g, O+ C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 @8 F3 Q/ W" V6 y: }. PWhy 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?
1 L. F) c0 O& m1 e, E4 p为什么我要结婚？
( u( {! S; t; U, n( a3 c4 m  pIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' E+ q4 c$ O  K, [5 `3 b, n1 P5 o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。
2 _. ]% a! d+ j( }3 tOr 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。
5 l8 a. I& A' S% |6 a" _$ n6 oWe 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。
) t0 z' V+ s6 O1 NIn 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# A- E2 }  `0 b9 X9 V2 |% S4 P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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
; g) h& `  ~  d9 }Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  R& s( h8 u$ b  U7 g9 r/ RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ [1 d7 |6 ~6 r& J) G* H: h: d' xDo you write memos?
; i2 Q: W, v& o" O. S你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 I( c/ j, ~; W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?
. j6 j; b/ \/ _$ t! l2 Y' p& q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？