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

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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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 t) [& p0 s1 \I'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.
# v% w7 D1 l' {2 S2 |) b我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 R( d+ o# y! G% a& j( I2 X" bAnd 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.
) `" C! Z% P5 @( a- |) {' Q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.
# `9 W+ ^) g* E5 G我想那很重要。
  t+ i6 e" f0 T5 `  O; {But 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？
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。
; N! O! z' b' {For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
$ t2 V) z- y0 b( ^8 p# g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. P; G3 c% h! h- S, n) XIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' x& u: A- Y& ^' O9 K% J. x  ^为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# h' ~# R3 i% A" q5 UWhy my friend was this person?
* Z2 I  C7 f. Y* @. \& A为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* m4 x- H% ?7 i/ G+ ~# ?Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
/ f* `$ g5 }! z4 i# |/ X0 EIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) [! @' u6 R0 V( m/ v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。
& `6 k; G, N2 q- X4 YI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; |0 Y" w. n" J: ?我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; ]( i7 K$ c0 X  F. |1 W( ~; DOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 e1 H3 s7 _: ?1 d  W否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 J- `& g+ a+ R8 j' u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ B$ y6 E4 S- RWe 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。
; P/ v, Z) M$ O0 w7 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' E  \9 W( _" J: b; F9 N( q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.
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。
4 N. q: {! Q* N0 G# T* HTalk about it.
0 c% o2 x9 z2 R4 O* |9 S7 H# u; S- H谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; Z0 [) C; R0 h2 \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...
; C* \  r! }+ o( F* o9 e你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; y9 \/ Y& M* i3 a& }1 y  wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! L4 _: ]/ y8 E8 C1 j你写备忘录吗？
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？
5 j! ~% S! T( ?* h2 D) IWhat 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？
  w2 ]8 d  L) b7 p3 v  _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 V. d& }6 P" E% w* R8 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？