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。
0 Z6 D" b1 q  n6 o% N' j& yHave you ever done that?
0 B0 e$ r" \% a+ N1 p9 W你曾有过这种经历吗？
  u6 K, G: a! {( A+ A5 t: eI'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.
* {/ X7 c7 f% Q) j5 p; p/ {4 X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。
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。
/ ]/ {, B# b( S8 Q, tThat's a memory problem.
$ Z& @, H5 g2 |( j这是一个记忆问题。
% L$ o4 @; R" y0 R- \- b  s" o6 s. eI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 A8 \8 J+ u8 @3 O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.
, a9 O2 O  B7 P2 @& F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.
- F% t" a" _$ r( x& \8 B对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 [" {4 p. v2 f* OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 g6 d, E0 M# TWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ f- ?  y; F! D- D为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( L% R$ G- l7 p1 IWhy did I join this club?
7 @0 B- H8 O' q  F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
: D$ }7 T3 i6 h6 R8 E9 T为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" [7 ^* J+ ^8 y" g- [  K6 V2 q, f# P9 NWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" M) @3 z8 ^4 _' A8 }0 uIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ U/ d5 ^# L( E/ ?4 k8 ~9 p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。
* ?! d$ h+ s. N% ~* jI 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.
: M! U! {6 w% i0 J3 @. N( O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
& E0 K& y5 G" u1 mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, o) j/ n7 i, l; Q- j我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  h- I! ]$ g7 BWe 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.
% s6 I3 `2 J% K' _) X, l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.
! T6 @8 ?" _1 R' i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。
( J( X6 k! ~2 N' ^7 Q3 sTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 r1 R, L2 Q2 X4 c7 D+ h' T+ W8 l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……
! D) k8 V; s9 R* a7 E; GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  p: N, X1 [9 W# i! H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？
. y4 ]' F: e- j- f  P* EDoes 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？
  u1 Z( j; L9 {- b+ Z& G9 ^What 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？