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

) B6 n* y' |' J/ |记住我们为什么做某事
, X; V5 u7 _/ J# I7 T9 p/ t3 \3 NSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; D% E. v6 N( W. P4 ?2 @( Y有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; k! V$ t( J$ L+ ~Have you ever done that?
7 h& h; ~$ _: C1 O5 o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) z3 I1 Q  n# SI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
" p& q% D  E8 k我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! Z' D! X( t# i! f# S. Z$ e# JAnd 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。
0 l* ^: c" t2 u8 KWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
8 [7 e1 N# u7 g  O2 R+ o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 v: D5 b4 R" [5 e" P2 F6 @That's a memory problem.
- U& Q7 X5 ^6 S) U3 V这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- d% T+ x; P( M, g7 O2 ~6 y+ XBut 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？
At 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. j) L- J8 Q/ v2 D+ \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?
0 _3 [  [9 o* b( A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: {3 r' ?& b# I9 nWhy did I join this club?
! f& _3 |+ z7 u; b1 N/ C+ ^. `为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& i0 ^1 {, ]) H- ^. WWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; n1 ^# F4 U; T: z# o/ X) hWhy 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.
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.
/ C) a' l& w8 {, C, J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" Z% g" ~' k7 `4 s5 s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' Z5 Y9 `: W8 L3 V2 pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. f8 n& I! G. I( N5 C8 e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。
! C" W1 R& W1 {. a: _" H- E- [There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
1 N0 x8 ?4 R5 _# E6 eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& m# Y6 L2 ^: j( q9 Q+ |/ ^* C% T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。
  h5 B0 i: J5 J, L  ~) i# @Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; p1 A4 x8 @& R+ B你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# s; R2 V, b) c6 Z; o7 H- |Is it a kind of distant memory?
6 ?2 t/ d3 M1 b+ D1 P它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 Z4 O& O: d" t) f9 wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 r7 n2 k9 p( m* o, b9 J2 G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* ~$ _; F  R$ o% wDoes 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?
- ]3 }% p. o  }. E8 d$ v还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 x% Y( |; S& j1 P7 t' lWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
2 t) ?" j# I9 Q' j' _& Y3 R你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？