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

1 u' M6 g1 v/ G! M* ?$ j/ ~4 N* q% ^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。
- Z4 y$ ^" R- }, s3 dHave you ever done that?
( a4 v, y1 l2 F; u% C8 K9 j: b3 J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。
4 p% l4 ~( h$ j& T( SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 H! E6 \' p, a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。
3 F! B" ^' y' pWell, 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.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 j3 r# p7 j9 V9 g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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 S* j7 z1 p; M1 e" _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.
9 g, z3 b4 ?3 {& a$ w- \对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 M) N& v$ p* U  H. RIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 m) s8 Z' D, {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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ R6 y% P6 k1 e+ g$ a! m2 v/ OWhy did I get married?
: k+ Y$ B" a1 o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。
$ p" y" E% w: I0 }6 ^( xI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' z9 \; |5 j7 R& iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
/ d8 ?8 N2 d) X" ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  D$ g/ A- ~4 S' P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。
) E! j3 G2 m/ x8 OIn 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.
谈论下面的话题：
" N1 h4 X; H, m+ k* p' m9 d3 P* rIs 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？
7 F7 L$ D$ H: T; Q, uIs it a kind of distant memory?
" @  e5 G0 Z' O" I它是一种遥远的记忆？
) n6 C: G5 U5 I9 w* U- C$ h0 HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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？
; l8 l8 G2 K" kDo you write memos?
5 }9 a+ s! j% G( X你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& n! O4 H8 A" r7 ^2 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?
* ?) {: F: S0 q2 Z0 n% |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？