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
+ P2 U; A6 q) A; GSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 ^% i. K9 t2 E0 N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
% y" D: R  p! b, ^7 c9 j3 d你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ L0 l% i# O1 @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.
: d2 p, Q9 N7 }3 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。
# |; M; Z3 V; y, n. G, M  l5 MWell, 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。
' {! y- V% H7 z) M) {That's a memory problem.
( F' y/ n# h- O: l2 o8 K/ W. B, {1 Q9 U这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 H1 S4 U  B+ a我想那很重要。
7 \% F* q/ `* q2 EBut 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？
/ V7 O! }: s. y& a6 U3 R  P1 zAt 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。
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。
6 i- N$ x5 R! VIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" G% i7 A- x0 g# R$ K% [# }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？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( u5 ]6 d4 ?+ L. }% L6 T+ @Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
; h% G: r1 b. Z) B/ o# p2 G0 q5 O为什么我要结婚？
. N  [& Q% ^% n2 Z, k6 MIf 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。
, L* N" [" G( O* L" aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 y8 I5 e& X- g/ y; K0 fOr 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.
0 c) ?& I* o2 F5 K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 R) v( X. t# D( @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 N7 b3 B- Y" k7 N; S( C+ x0 ~* Q我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% Q# `2 q3 D  y8 ~9 `" |9 M  R/ S- D' ]There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
0 ~9 j  E1 Z" FIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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。
" r) z* T- l& y8 E& ATalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
9 N! X1 \' f, i) ZIs 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……
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？
) Z/ C) l9 N6 q2 ~8 jDo you write memos?
9 D3 `% Z9 ^9 J# E你写备忘录吗？
! R0 W$ ^( q! G: A) x% A# l8 z) sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 x. Z; s, X/ r9 o* I" H0 |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?
, H& u4 {5 s% t' I7 ~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?
6 X% x0 }# X: ]& [4 n- T# ?你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？