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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% z& b! z: ?9 N( _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。
: J5 e5 S  ^* u' _0 [( HHave you ever done that?
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。
' |0 D% H1 G3 m7 t' YI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: j! Q4 k4 j% d" c( Y2 N5 e. _1 a我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* f$ w% r  a9 |  ~, pAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
3 Z4 I, ~' k- M) N% U  d) U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。
3 L) q6 H% b# q( ?. zWell, 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。
( T* \# i( t+ U0 |8 cThat's a memory problem.
5 D/ |% B4 e; @5 L. C这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ Q$ w) b. m; Y$ f2 H/ q9 ]' a# f我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 o1 B/ @8 Z. |3 R/ m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？
: S5 R3 {/ O6 [. UAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  v: g; n2 b7 g6 ~" m' A在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
1 }2 ?7 ?( ?- i$ X3 C+ XFor 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.
; E7 _+ Q2 _) B% }" y6 L* V总是可以问问自己为什么。
& {$ |# R4 K, j7 N- \Why did I start to learn a language?
, X7 A8 l* h2 q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' n4 G0 O! v4 E& W* @$ pWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# z- q$ k* o" HIf 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 s4 N# R5 M  y. O" {5 I9 R, v2 BI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' u& z( U/ }3 Z- o1 x/ E( gOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 B; t( d, \4 s- I1 n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.
2 \2 f! ?/ ]" D5 K) x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
( i  E- H9 X7 t- @+ B: sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 Q' _0 p8 s: j3 H6 I) Q! |0 o问为什么没什么问题。
2 d: v3 _% p2 V$ mIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
4 y0 A' C. y) W+ s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。
) y8 ?( L: [+ x* R7 vTalk about it.
( P$ F) v( K7 m1 x* O# N( k; o# X谈论下面的话题：
; s2 F7 `5 d3 [0 @! A* SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, F) w2 ~, d6 i7 G% S0 w你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
1 Q% |+ B/ d: ?6 Z4 ^4 U! I0 r: ~Is it a kind of distant memory?
5 |; Y3 |% P9 p它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: t" p8 a& D! U5 q5 I8 i: P/ \你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% D1 @' H' D9 S# u2 x0 eHow 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?
5 Y7 j: [3 A2 h" B; y* L- _你写备忘录吗？
3 ~2 X$ p6 o/ ~: vDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ E+ `# m4 X* D; K) a你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
/ e( o- i5 U' ?1 zWhat 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?
1 h: s- n( _, Z4 |6 T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？