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.
- K" ^& c0 l3 |2 e有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( {7 e- A) ?; uHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 |) H3 F& X3 c6 {6 w! x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
1 O' w$ B: \' ?1 pI 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.
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.
3 ~$ ?! o9 h: @( d- p$ H* i哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- s6 H1 {% g0 O9 j( O; n3 TThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
0 Q4 D4 T  e0 l# E5 R6 o$ i6 [& P我想那很重要。
8 Z3 W- k7 R9 q( C4 \6 p" IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# O; X  G+ Z. J( V" ~; t0 h0 v6 V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.
4 X# s0 N+ A! C# I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。
4 W- R+ K& Y0 }0 J1 k% qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
, O5 _" b1 m: s4 U总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
/ d/ ?3 o4 W) w# W9 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
7 F! `( R+ x9 G0 Z4 Q1 m为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! U' H" q* [- ^Why 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.
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& t0 O) `. W1 x# F4 d; o) J+ fI think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 c1 r2 u+ d$ X5 U- C1 |* }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.
( K5 ~5 Z$ i* g1 ]1 D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
& L4 w( k) d' t- R: `We 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
  N. ]* K; _2 y# K  i- `1 G* i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.
$ N4 l5 ^) Z; _4 k: H" Z; C# p/ v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。
! ?! `- h/ X4 c, c& ~Talk about it.
+ _8 x3 b: }* M$ c) \5 w谈论下面的话题：
- q8 O( X# T9 p6 i; d  Z( r5 C2 a; WIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, v" W1 ]# {! t) z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？
$ B$ z0 \% n/ d1 N. t" ?! D' _. NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
( s2 A2 g# j0 U0 ]9 N' q4 |- a4 R9 M你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. {) _" h* D: g, K+ THow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 `$ m0 l: S  E3 y# s2 S- H6 L# S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？
; ~* v/ n5 U! Q3 x. `Does 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？
! V  \4 l  N) k' m4 @; [( b  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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？