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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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?
) D9 ], ^1 L! s$ P  {6 z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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ _" B; |! V& z  P我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  K4 C- Q: u% m5 U$ C& n8 pAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* G1 L4 P6 S" j- v* r" T8 D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。
& n1 d$ {0 P6 d' e% U! c9 BThat's a memory problem.
  n+ d/ K. M1 R& o" F+ V5 ^这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 P$ E& A$ G3 t" u9 s' K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？
% ?8 b, }9 @5 g2 }( Y7 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 d& K5 a$ d% |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.
' a0 Q/ ^" b$ U/ \( [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
: J' `8 c; ~( ?  S- g8 g总是可以问问自己为什么。
" @. G- W, Q+ d1 X- rWhy did I start to learn a language?
) s# A' Z9 x, v/ O! A  O7 z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  I0 U, ^0 A6 S- C9 J8 ^. K. @Why did I join this club?
# }) u! v1 _' q; J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. w# \4 m& a7 V0 lWhy my friend was this person?
+ \  _( }2 U" ~9 |为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
/ ]1 j  s& J& V4 P为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% S6 r6 F1 }) \& F7 l如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
3 ~5 V+ }# m& Z: e) Q+ aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: V2 U+ X! c. Z6 y9 EOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ Q& H+ l& a3 @1 [& VWe stop starting. We quit the club.
4 a" m0 o! h- {1 z" }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 {. q0 e" q+ b我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
% h4 z1 R  a8 ?. uIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
! R' B" g$ ]! B$ U# f0 l  ?& aTalk about it.
8 X; q" K# i7 E. L6 ~7 V$ d谈论下面的话题：
, p% ~3 ^/ [* [# d; f2 T* ?1 b9 m9 yIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# t* M5 l0 T+ A! z$ p, E# m8 W你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% \9 N9 p9 ~9 A: U/ `5 oIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, g) k$ ?1 |& c. W9 c" T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 e" Q" I. `  @  T% \9 u& _How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! ^9 C# L3 \) K4 ~8 H+ n你写备忘录吗？
+ f5 i8 p/ c" yDoes 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？
8 |' T, u5 t* ^( H8 W1 R  `* g3 gWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( ]1 f8 [  A) @# R还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
  y+ u1 E* q1 Z. o9 XWhat 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？