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

% W* U& c6 }+ y' ]. i, ?记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ N6 N- _, N0 l7 `! q* E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- {  S2 K* I- q* Y" {Have you ever done that?
& }  D7 E; Y* v6 o" A你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 M' B& J5 z% ]我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 [$ `$ X9 f, [0 E. QI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% i$ E) V+ x1 c我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
: ?+ V! w5 ^* _9 xAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* N1 u" X6 r# T. ^' d4 l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。
+ C5 R. F8 @% `& ?3 ?% E; g0 WWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" J2 z* Z5 g! C9 h5 i我想那很重要。
1 \4 R6 d% E( RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 P4 ?' M* a3 E1 T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？
9 ]! n) S# ^; ]; J3 T" ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
- u; K2 C  n; x. q* c8 f( x  u8 ?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 S/ f2 ?& `1 R3 H" 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.
2 \5 m5 d  C9 G5 a+ q总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# r6 O+ Q2 J( _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？
& R2 H# \4 D  j; J0 KWhy my friend was this person?
7 A! q( f8 h7 s* r- w+ C; d$ M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ J' W' N  Q! t6 @( ?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.
$ M5 t# i& R: x) V2 v2 \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。
4 E6 X$ ^( ]$ z, v, G& r/ |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
: k3 \8 x% e! H4 p. [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。
We 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.
8 q! A1 m6 q. q6 K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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: H" q9 [  g# t3 b" g* i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.
9 s  [- ^) |/ i5 S# a. N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？
8 O5 w% B: l0 J  X# R1 v6 MIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- H" @7 N' p+ Y3 k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& _, s3 k  P- Y6 R7 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？
: o" s; t0 v$ n" GDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# n& _$ h; Y% v- [# g0 X1 @5 c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？