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

4 |! t0 d, |$ \* a记住我们为什么做某事
. M" x7 _3 i& E0 Q8 I- RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 b7 M- b" Z8 b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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! {- U2 [; |( V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.
& F5 h- m* @& ?# @1 w我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) N/ Y& F5 ^8 u! l9 wAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' V" A% }2 b4 ?% A' 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
% h: v* p# l0 |( o) ~2 aThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ {  x% r) ^, G) O' G我想那很重要。
  |# ]& L) j1 D# P! qBut 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？
: j# R. S* @. }6 R: WAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
& N7 @% \- ~4 T" v9 {8 [在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
% o* a/ P. u/ h, qFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
* o5 `3 L( K4 I& L9 j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。
. M+ \! x1 `9 I4 e8 ?Why did I start to learn a language?
/ w2 F! i1 m4 C" T, E( T* H0 M为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 b6 J% m9 J' z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？
7 m7 s5 F; {6 P2 vWhy did I get married?
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.
8 b" a6 Z, c0 `8 D3 W. ]5 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。
- ^7 r! Z, q9 q! HI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 }' y0 A; }+ ?- m, E, y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 A0 G% P' G4 A  q7 N5 I1 nOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
6 S: ^1 t; O0 @, v9 Q/ t否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 _" ^* Z& |6 `  G" KWe 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.
+ y9 {* l2 m: e. W! R/ f: \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.
/ ^0 D  h3 I* O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。
, G# o7 H1 k  |Talk about it.
; u1 @2 h; n- ?谈论下面的话题：
1 s; l4 s$ c4 `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?
, Z! e0 X$ ^& K0 W% n. L7 K1 o它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 P5 c! h1 R8 K) @) b4 g( N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 [: S+ d5 F7 D& M/ @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？
. p: x! m3 N' Y+ tDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ z- K; |5 q( b2 z. a0 B( T你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
1 ^; K0 o6 g( p0 O# YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
  H0 c6 p4 A8 W- ]6 a: _还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 g1 I( ^# w7 g: U4 nWhat 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？