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

记住我们为什么做某事
# n+ S+ L6 J1 i6 g4 H3 aSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, s* o& N& E" B1 X5 o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？
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.
- W1 |. `- a; r, ?/ s我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ O% K0 l- P. p# s8 }# C) sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* W( ~! W, v) W4 g3 Z! s; V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.
0 y6 T* x, d, ]+ i哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 q$ }! a( g  F- \That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
3 d+ ^1 x! y+ g  K% f( QI guess that counts too.
. g) E0 l. \0 g( ]3 v' N我想那很重要。
. A) J! l' j$ \But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* b( O7 e$ g1 E' M+ i' s/ K' Q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.
: F" u0 W; P7 S) Y4 A! E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.
: B' R; m7 w9 }# g* Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 C3 Q( h! P$ B- rIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 P3 L4 w; ]( u0 z2 uWhy did I start to learn a language?
8 ^/ p* }6 v" k) n; Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
$ R7 @' P5 h- y8 V0 [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？
# F8 k* B; V: \/ k+ XWhy did I get married?
  h" g$ j$ K! Y; r" k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.
. a8 U9 X) G. B( q* O+ G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.
0 @9 X; I+ n* d* q! |1 ?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.
, b6 j8 c. ~& ?' T4 ?9 S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。
5 v; w( e* Y8 `- \We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 ~6 {4 x1 d- S: N1 h+ kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
+ h9 o/ _1 R' U! Z# p0 k9 s问为什么没什么问题。
In 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。
2 F& L2 W# t9 M( ?/ _Talk about it.
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?
. E9 A2 O1 ^- C) Y0 W+ _它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 L$ G# K2 q/ E3 WDid 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
" c( K+ ^+ H1 w# X' J2 Z+ S  C你写备忘录吗？
. `. r% s* ^- X! o0 [- j# QDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  R; b; I9 n- d( T# n- x$ O& {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: ^7 o/ k; K" k6 \7 z* lWhat 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？
2 a/ s& K4 E9 K! n+ RWhat 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？