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

/ M7 g# V; r' n记住我们为什么做某事
( c7 n9 o/ J! B+ ]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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
: H; v! o4 ^5 }. c: ^8 Q) _I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 |8 B( h' I/ m4 q3 N' y( T我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 l' S) f/ p7 ?1 GI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 Z7 h9 @: J1 z+ sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 ^7 s( |. X8 o1 c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.
8 z3 ^5 Z& @4 W* U* k! S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。
1 Y$ K2 N( s$ LI guess that counts too.
, `4 ~/ B' P! e0 _  w3 H我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- b1 V' Q1 N" _( V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.
2 \0 z, T* F) W3 q+ a2 Y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' I6 `. Q' Y7 z! D+ `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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 r) c* q' }+ _7 |7 P( rWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 v8 D1 U( G: R3 u6 G: V8 }为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 D8 C* g4 s- LWhy did I join this club?
; r5 ]) f" G+ j* ?1 f8 B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- F# C! h/ R* _) U' \0 nWhy my friend was this person?
; E4 Z: n2 Z( M) v6 @: C为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
1 p6 _3 [* t" v为什么我要结婚？
5 r) W. }& S: _( c6 w3 S) BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
& |- J7 U4 y0 W* d" s) HI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# T: S$ [. q: X! Z4 a% U8 A7 ]2 t3 l我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( X( B$ `! u; f/ J* WOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
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。
# T4 k! I0 l+ e( x5 \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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
6 ?( ~# G& _- k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。
3 w+ x; a+ f' Z: X1 R  X8 ^' zTalk about it.
) U9 Q6 p) z( z- w( J3 p) E. M0 g谈论下面的话题：
) L) z8 [/ v* }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？
8 d4 D2 V# X8 a5 y/ K* gDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
" I6 n4 ^6 V) W1 e% Y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* ~6 N( ]$ A8 A7 l' c9 @, z& `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 ]) y/ `6 F) M. b& P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
5 R% I  H' J3 {* k# L" PDo you write memos?
% Y) @! T3 \  O6 ^1 b你写备忘录吗？
# [( T2 u  L) ]' `  B  R( QDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 ]+ t+ @% o9 ]8 F你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
3 G3 k5 F6 _3 q* F% ^2 jWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
2 A2 N/ X2 ?: [' t! H+ 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?
1 O6 x, [, \( G1 U1 s. N) @. X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？