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.
0 }; {* q& H0 @  Q6 B有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
5 P& I! E! Q. KHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
# O4 ^, h( e  a1 ^' j: H* W# K7 LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. H9 e6 Q( c6 r: {: P) J$ Y) O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.
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.
! |0 Z: {( L1 u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。
* d& V+ T$ ?* XWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 N- j* l+ R! X, Y5 [2 n+ z( J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.
1 o4 @. Z) [) R; ]% u我想那很重要。
: h+ p2 y3 B6 E  BBut 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？
, v/ c( t. B" L. @At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  _2 |& K8 @; i2 B% A7 q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.
" _9 X5 Z7 Z4 B1 O+ H对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) u6 A- v+ V7 L* I7 F' a$ mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 C6 \  g  _' A1 B8 e) P总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ C' O% S0 h8 \. {2 D; }2 BWhy did I join this club?
$ T3 j' I; B% E% n' T& Z4 F0 Y  o为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
1 Z0 m9 Z* C# D( s为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
' b% V% s  s# F) ?& _9 @If 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
$ x/ j$ Q/ [" ^' Z& ]3 ?8 c8 I否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# [+ }( k. f" k# R. p9 lWe stop starting. We quit the club.
! ]9 X; v* ^8 h+ N我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 U6 o9 }/ r% f" H0 C; NWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: V& a) @; P/ C7 F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.
9 k5 R( O* a$ h5 D* ^5 \# @: ?* W. o4 O问为什么没什么问题。
) d4 [/ m) B, r# b4 ]! g8 @  cIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
' B! z+ P( k7 w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。
  p' v- r0 }5 G- WTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
) c1 }! y0 x+ I1 B( o$ pIs 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？
. s' Q. h' a9 F% i- ZDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 x0 Y8 X5 Q1 d! ^1 E, THow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" Y. c2 t- r- r! eDo you write memos?
* y7 o# b0 O' E; c% t+ E你写备忘录吗？
( k# u, `3 f7 @7 sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 i5 l4 H2 S& b! t% X+ n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! z% E. j4 t& L' HWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& y. k5 K( t% X2 |; c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？