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

' u- l0 U+ d9 m) V/ U1 F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?
2 C4 U* G) L' M' V* T$ C你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( E. @$ v: D$ ]; n) `: o  J我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
. J/ C$ D0 p& v8 GI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 y% N. E6 g# K3 G6 H# A0 {$ n; k8 T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。
3 D# R! D* [$ O' MWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% @$ E+ x. \# Q) K. K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
: A- f3 W4 Z) q+ v: |: `That's a memory problem.
  K9 }7 G4 H  c" k, P& o6 u8 F- F这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 b1 S) c0 S7 G5 w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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. v7 a* G' ?' S9 `% u3 z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 {% c/ e" F6 W6 p0 C5 |2 R/ {总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 T" o  V+ w2 I% O, u' [6 w" zWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) A& e+ E+ j1 ~4 `3 AWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  m3 _+ _- x1 i7 ?, mWhy 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？
( O' A0 m& s4 MIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
" a' R- [- }+ F& |" }  W& s4 e! M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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# W; u# k5 Y5 L( \) bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
* j  x0 J/ p  V' ~7 r否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 g* @5 o- k+ W8 t" |  [We stop starting. We quit the club.
4 \* f4 H  V# o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 a8 h( H$ U8 l1 \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。
7 C  h' m+ B1 Y) m3 TIn 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/ j1 ^1 ?; qTalk about it.
6 {* u& `* V9 J# _6 s& l! ^2 c谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 Z; P# }  T% e1 _4 bDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
' i8 T# V8 l& @" |7 }: m" V  M4 `你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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?
% c: x9 l! Z: Z& x: `& W你写备忘录吗？
/ e# T& q6 K% \* u  pDoes 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
  _  ^$ o# p3 Y8 X  `4 r% p# _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 J) @/ W) V& j& Y, n8 C3 l/ }, a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？