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.
( V$ u2 I; M# N' n( E$ V( b1 [! p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 {# G+ F  I7 P8 gHave 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。
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。
) q7 r( k$ b- `2 l( o: U$ eAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
! Y9 `9 Z) q, D0 L. \. o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.
. V5 M7 l; ?8 ]) |哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. K+ U+ ]- k, K3 A我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' f4 p$ S& r/ c2 U2 u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？
8 j0 K4 G& y0 m: @% F$ uAt 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.
8 ]% j5 k5 G8 k8 I7 C2 u  T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
  U4 u9 }; m, U8 P7 Y* @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？
' a) n! I1 }, c2 y4 x& F- AWhy 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？
- |/ m+ Z; x6 k$ ]# }) QIf 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.
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.
* o- V. j  T6 G+ s* c否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) F: f5 _6 J6 ?( _  @6 GWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
, _) S; x8 d; w- wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 I( j: {" ^7 I/ R& @* G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.
6 e* Z1 D& R9 I/ s; N谈论下面的话题：
, t9 D7 {, Y5 f6 W9 c! oIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 F% Q  u+ a+ ?0 x3 ?: |# z; f* g你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 n8 v, U# i* H+ r! [+ [1 xIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 q4 L% D* a$ F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- z0 x. E" g7 _9 G6 t5 vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) Z! A7 t( g2 w8 C, A9 _, lDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; @8 C) k9 W% R1 k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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？