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

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。
Have you ever done that?
4 w( h0 t: B' [4 C- d; W你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 j' k0 W1 H3 O8 c: P5 ZI'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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* O; x" b. O  y& c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。
" a3 a; j6 p! W* X5 G3 S$ ?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.
这是一个记忆问题。
( P* A( @* b9 Y+ d9 ZI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
/ O& X, w& @* u6 _' ~7 P1 kBut 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？
7 Y8 i3 s3 s5 G, F# NAt 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。
9 S! ?' I8 Q# q& T- ]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?
% V6 C  @/ V7 E. h8 H' M4 Q8 [. L" d' t0 q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" L' H3 i0 y+ f% GWhy my friend was this person?
4 y% n1 N/ u, C为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
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.
) U' K) x& B- K3 `, W$ ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! H8 u6 ]: y# z& y, F1 m2 MWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 E8 v! h! H% m# S% z- @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. h# v$ Y$ Y- {! {8 x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.
: n" {* Y  s9 [; K. L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.
/ t- g; D0 o; E% Z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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
3 m, ]/ M# d! L/ k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……
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？
Do you write memos?
( e7 ^6 v% I7 J3 \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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. |; ]4 g% d  QWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& w' U. U) b  x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？