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
5 E: _0 u% g0 V$ f6 b+ \% i9 H1 H1 nSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 \4 Y" y% {' C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？
5 }* p6 e% y0 `/ `* W9 @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.
! M4 a' n, K7 L+ z! I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。
  R" D# T, {- eWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
4 g" n' ~* m: z, z: I这是一个记忆问题。
" f9 Y7 l( w/ ~" _; q& fI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 z# d/ o4 `  \( X  lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- s1 ]0 U; F! n5 H4 D4 H7 R- }8 P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？
1 T) ?% @4 x8 a& DAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
; \9 `; A. y# }9 y* P5 g$ [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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 J0 n4 C/ K/ y- n9 t8 K总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
- @" X# u# N, m" _! _% r# N. W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？
, }4 @! k% ~+ F9 `8 n$ P* lWhy my friend was this person?
% Y8 C9 x, |" u' ~* r为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, F  O0 Q4 a! m6 V2 ZIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 s5 d" H" ]) D- k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。
7 I5 M7 B+ S% a' S6 TI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ E1 A: b: a- w$ |4 ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 T2 ], o. v( C) A0 @4 V+ F" F否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. ~$ ~3 }6 h* l! tWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 p1 Y$ q- p* b( U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
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。
+ C2 f8 _' [# ]- wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 r. `  {8 v" j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。
  K4 P, u# B$ r* N7 L1 STalk about it.
0 N6 Y$ H9 ?% p6 a+ i1 g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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. Q( v9 @2 O+ C8 t6 ~" b/ j: j( |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？
" V7 C) B# Z6 y% N1 D3 M3 b. ]Do you write memos?
$ @/ ^; e+ \0 P你写备忘录吗？
! S4 Q" N# ^  c4 G* t! C1 qDoes 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？
/ x% C5 J9 W4 QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' c1 V5 _; v4 g' o$ ]3 L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?
& v/ ^; r! {$ M% x3 R) q' U' q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？