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
  ~) Q6 x9 ?% aSometimes 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。
& j  F" _: R$ y$ \: lHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 _1 D# ]$ y- ]! x! c) _& RI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# S6 M8 V. M9 ~- q; o) M1 e1 |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.
% s  @2 k; i" {( \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。
That's a memory problem.
- N0 R4 @& [* Q8 T* M# g这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. J$ Q/ p1 O+ C2 _+ Q我想那很重要。
' J" ?9 g% }( w0 iBut 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？
1 Y' D; |$ v0 m5 C' A" @At 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。
1 l( ?0 ~1 V+ }. H- BFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 I4 Q. u' l- V7 I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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
2 `  i& t& g* B3 i为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. b; A* T: a- p6 x% @% K6 iWhy my friend was this person?
3 l& F" [5 `, i# C9 ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ X+ m8 C# W: b/ L: z2 \3 aWhy did I get married?
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.
3 d# t1 U9 P* U8 Z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.
+ }! v2 \8 A  Y" j' `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 P7 J- l) `  Y4 B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 W  O" P; s' M# G/ lWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& M% u0 C. g' s1 B6 P; v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.
+ D" d* e3 ^8 s, @1 g+ @2 w& k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.
1 ]/ ]+ p& H* D7 Y1 s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。
Talk about it.
! _0 U  ?  ~7 @: y( Q2 r谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 y9 z* A+ P. M5 w! H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？
7 V( J7 _4 S( P" h* kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
. O! a8 M1 q* g" E) V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 X' |2 c' A0 C, l4 b4 L4 \8 RDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ L" o3 ^7 r4 {( x, w你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
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？
+ T) e, X$ z% X1 M7 S4 E$ d* ~  uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ j; B% N, H( X6 I7 \; ]. ^* F你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？