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
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2 w, Q4 j( `( O& d) O( C# ~1 ?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。
& d* L" w! K$ Y; j0 HHave you ever done that?
  H0 |* V) w; |* M: o5 H" I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。
# y" S8 ]# X" s! OI 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。
2 `6 u3 s: \3 E* f/ DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 |% k& }& i* |2 ?% {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.
( q, z8 M5 ~+ `8 K6 m" ?我想那很重要。
( n, L+ b2 u( |( \  }( f# M- KBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 \8 F3 @0 l. W! I3 i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。
* f: y7 O/ j0 O$ Z" B8 \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.
/ p7 N2 b% a2 U4 P# `总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 o0 Q% N& c, ]8 ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 C+ X0 O" e+ J$ PWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 e1 \* F6 K2 ^0 f2 P5 fWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
* L) ^* ?0 p$ L2 r# L$ ]4 W  v* {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.
4 _8 O: ]8 Q: u3 u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.
; z4 [- ]: \0 q( |/ O. C+ j$ {) W我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: e* g# B2 q6 `9 r' UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 e6 \- ~/ @, k6 j; w! Y6 `' iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
  B3 Q. d1 x& X9 w8 q; J我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 p( h. F; k1 O  z: N  G: H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。
5 E  a; L1 g- u, }1 L2 ^In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
4 N4 {1 c2 h) \2 N+ W: W0 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。
" @5 o' |+ v- H: V+ w& Q0 S8 sTalk about it.
' b8 p% ]0 W2 @" M1 F5 t谈论下面的话题：
8 Y& Y& |5 Q7 s' F% z$ }$ HIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% F9 J% Q$ ]6 U0 q6 i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 i4 G5 k% ~7 H2 q  PIs it a kind of distant memory?
: h+ Y9 Z, G% i7 w3 J* w2 a它是一种遥远的记忆？
& W9 B7 t# u1 |' }Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" L% T$ F' ?4 e" u  b' |# A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 p- }! c) U0 R1 ?How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, R5 T  u/ ?! h5 H$ v7 T" C1 ?6 h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？
# Y; u2 X4 C$ t' LDoes 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 f1 s# y( h( ?2 E% \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？