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

8 G6 \  J& U  ]8 [5 K4 j: P6 T( m记住我们为什么做某事
* x3 C% h1 q( `# GSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
) H; `/ O: S9 `4 tI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 q4 Y$ m  D8 v. R/ \" b我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: R8 R0 Q7 q( @1 n" nI 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。
2 q5 \5 o* g3 Q& F: rAnd 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。
0 t! D2 M/ x' RThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# o0 l5 W, ]( V. `I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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.
$ l$ Y1 k$ y" n2 X( \& h在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
/ u" o) `& j1 x; WFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ N  P4 F* E7 U+ U8 B对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 {; W; s. v: ]+ @7 s! l总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 n7 F! W4 D7 T& H8 w( K  vWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 ?# m$ t2 e' v& e- E+ C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？
2 W* X% B+ j$ [8 r; D- @Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ v3 z3 O, F) OWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
; [8 f) L! e8 W7 m- v! jIf 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。
3 C8 c5 f2 w/ x8 r* T1 WI think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 e9 X5 Y1 J2 c9 k3 j3 x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.
% u4 K5 X1 ~& @) q" h( P, y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。
+ O! q8 C. x4 c6 dWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 `) W& N3 M3 Y" s! J* q1 b' e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 d) h% T0 Q/ y4 _There's nothing wrong with asking why.
# M) ]: m6 a( V* o5 }问为什么没什么问题。
0 B" l9 i* g2 X3 dIn 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。
/ ^0 p" a9 Q* V9 i/ \! \2 _4 NTalk about it.
) [) p. L" X. y) E谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 x/ ^7 [  @6 e$ t- S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?
& {& Q. `- X6 j4 N& m& f  ~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?
/ D3 \  K  F( f* \. Z5 w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?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
1 ]( [; T" O) RWhat 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？
7 H5 d5 u+ a3 x0 d  b8 Z: iWhat 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？