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
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?
+ J4 @5 U: T7 {0 f* |5 H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。
* i6 N% j6 H1 F: p5 ?/ l$ KI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. z. p" G& e  n" F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。
, Q/ P6 A0 F- ?2 l6 X1 q$ p9 H" q6 rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 m) s" F: U- T" ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ O2 o* v4 J2 Z, U: ?3 CThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ D2 N- l3 |. l$ c& c8 S# @我想那很重要。
* N# v& Y* J$ G8 hBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 D, s' P+ o- O2 _# A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？
( c* i7 _- r% o  W, t+ n; o1 lAt 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。
5 i8 T0 n% M$ \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.
$ G' w3 }6 R2 R/ M) ]. g& D7 P总是可以问问自己为什么。
: k! C0 p0 r' \0 r6 |( U: MWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
0 ~% t- P0 e; c8 ^# f2 T5 x为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% z4 {3 c/ X$ j  ^1 G/ C: y4 x3 f: m$ qWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: J( J& ~& [/ [) BWhy did I get married?
/ r: ]! @  J2 W* h$ H: i6 S8 h4 ^* I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.
7 |! K' c6 X0 A6 @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。
+ h7 f: y8 F. [9 L  f- iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; S; @9 \% w/ r0 e* Q6 v我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* S" W6 q5 N" @1 gOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 i6 V/ G& @0 ]: S) [0 aWe 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。
) D) Q, P1 ~, D+ R, |2 \0 N' `- n. KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
) }+ r) I8 Y& y9 \9 w0 V# K: v问为什么没什么问题。
/ K* C# a' j! k7 H4 T% rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ c( @& Z( Z6 V% v3 Z2 x0 `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。
. k. T1 N+ `2 ?! {/ L& oTalk about it.
. \- G7 H$ h( J% s! F% \谈论下面的话题：
1 e4 K* X, b2 d- _/ }( _8 ~Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 E; ^1 ?5 L( ]0 r9 {你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- D* q+ ]  Q; f- V# jIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ t# S4 g. h: Q: R2 ~Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 E7 q" a8 f4 X  w" i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 Z& E& `% n7 x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 ?3 ~2 @8 w. c& r8 wDo you write memos?
- J; ^# d1 U5 U) [3 q) K你写备忘录吗？
) B' _8 M# r4 lDoes 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？
: H6 ^2 ?+ q+ OWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
8 L7 \+ u0 j$ a8 X, d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?
+ h! e+ g0 `" Q0 K: Q9 l& V你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？