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

& |/ ?+ Q, ?0 N6 u5 C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。
) \- p) U0 M/ k* q$ ~" }6 SHave you ever done that?
3 d; T, J, O: f8 U; l% [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。
5 ^8 C+ P: P% W( }4 `I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 D& c% A+ `$ t; Z# C; s我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 m$ Q/ a" J( X* y9 RAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& N. e% v3 P' \# m* f6 {$ Q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。
, B2 P1 H3 u5 a( I( i5 ~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。
That's a memory problem.
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?
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？
5 N5 a$ `$ [4 N4 ~; `0 F% fAt 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.
% K+ ~# P- s$ x7 Z1 C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" D0 _8 }0 }. z* S* gWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 y$ `! \- p7 H% H为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 [! q4 n, C; R; d. R/ wWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; c* z& f7 [3 o  V7 H7 ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 |9 S/ o) ]& }( zWhy did I get married?
* \6 W' z8 ^  y. j1 T' y  Z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.
1 Q( F. P( z' ~" H0 F% Z& U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.
5 l" r9 N; X& s: V! ]5 z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.
7 X; G- I: j2 _+ _) O+ ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ F$ G9 Z& z# H! V, e& oWe 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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' G; q! }$ H. V9 A2 v& oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 C4 c# N' W) j问为什么没什么问题。
) S& b* i$ V/ M4 b8 l# K( [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。
1 b4 j2 V% Y: |( L% `, I' _4 TTalk about it.
( q" U: g, D2 N  f- j, J谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 Y7 E1 q1 p/ J, w你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; Z# H% H6 S/ K$ BIs it a kind of distant memory?
% H8 G3 t( G- J它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( M8 o) ~8 v3 h0 L+ O# t你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 h# [) w3 {  z0 _2 J8 EHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 w7 s7 b- Q; j' ^% ^# G3 h5 A0 g& m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% D) N! H! R. R  R" _5 |" |你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* z7 i6 L5 A6 t, @% _, h/ tWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! T( K# ]3 d1 Y1 w% ~4 P* K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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？