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

( n7 Y# ?7 r0 m2 c+ P8 g记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 x, o. A! c0 b. Z* a$ u$ i; ]6 V" s有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* {6 h9 y: r; f; ?  y8 M' ^" r2 cHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ }- e3 F. S  e! `I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 s( z' }' Z+ D, |* q# y1 D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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
That's a memory problem.
. F$ q, v* `8 J. c5 C这是一个记忆问题。
  e# u7 Q1 }9 z6 l: lI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 {: {7 {" y. j, U% T# U& l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？
& J2 z6 `$ T2 x$ P, x" I; GAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' j  h2 d/ R5 e) }' W) J在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 m3 f9 a0 m1 E5 c- q* L+ ^For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
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。
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?
2 `, w8 x, p2 Q+ w$ P. f# ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
7 f/ b( G9 b2 a3 v9 }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% e+ [% P8 ^$ @, P$ t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.
9 I1 C( B- }0 l% h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 N4 L; ^  o& M3 yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 N% ^7 m: S* M" Y8 A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.
: t* r2 q, L: ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 T% c7 u( r5 O8 p. [; L9 ^; l2 j  xWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 z% n5 v. q! O4 t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 }1 r* J& B$ ~* A+ o0 y5 wWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( ^) c7 {3 f5 S( |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 Z# ^8 t" b) J& ]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.
' _3 h9 C, d5 a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。
. D" q7 e; e2 ]( Y- P" Z6 |Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
' Y+ ^8 H# i3 {6 nIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) ~& \1 Z6 O" o  ]- P/ c你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
9 @% S( \$ I, g. mIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  V5 ?2 I! W2 z/ F) cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 h8 p: G' t2 v5 n( S  E. v你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ ?7 s  i  r- e1 e: f  lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! l+ o  b/ d) e2 D" x1 h7 H你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
, C( a4 E; R2 l9 s5 Q$ p* a* |你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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?
2 R# t3 b, L- K! W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？