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

% `0 v/ w" W  C0 u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?
# Q% Q, t" y& n$ j+ O, Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
) ]- {- F( o% N; x: o* }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.
5 r0 f5 V3 Y6 u5 L: ^我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; p4 u+ U! U* p) {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。
' c2 A! A6 j8 VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: ]) t/ R* R3 C* J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
0 [( a  U6 q# X" AThat's a memory problem.
9 Y5 f: z" y5 w0 M9 \" N这是一个记忆问题。
% A8 _) U) }- G0 T( pI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- C2 ]( }8 s5 y- \, q2 l" `9 J4 f# V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？
) Q1 O3 T+ t! q5 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。
8 a: Q1 |3 k/ m8 jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 N* P  J$ ~* K4 A, ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 b! b6 `8 s5 h/ s; K3 B* fWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 e) B% u/ T/ p& Y$ ?' x4 p0 n0 E% U- Q! X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？
$ w! F- @1 H. R8 Y8 g/ I4 t' `Why my friend was this person?
3 I+ N2 f& S" }7 u2 E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.
/ r; k- L9 o' C3 W6 P1 V7 Q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。
5 ?8 C' E" S: M5 i2 b; J- X: t( BI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; v$ T* g1 ?: }2 ^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.
8 f- Q- {8 M+ G. S3 W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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 j! y. _) b3 Y% p% F' X6 |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" X( X: W8 q7 x. Y+ Q- u' {; zIn 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。
) `, q( w) g2 G5 Z  Z- WTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  u2 u# u# N4 o' [5 W$ r8 u; D! b& O你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; ?/ C) P* ^/ S% K; E- c: ZIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
) Z) i4 P# w/ F! Z7 Z# \% I' z  W2 KDid 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?
7 H6 u( A) C( \8 a# t( l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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 D, O: v. c, m- m4 O$ S  F8 S你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ v5 \2 f" \& M) R$ g% ]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？