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

6 |0 M  O; N6 J# s! c4 l$ y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。
8 i& Q3 Z9 ]. N# X0 [# SHave you ever done that?
0 C& D1 e! p$ F- s0 B# j你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- E: e. {+ w9 I+ m- q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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 f9 ~6 `/ V' B  K5 L, aAnd 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。
: p# M6 Z4 M* h7 A9 WWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% c, ]! |! ^! T哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- r9 h/ G2 @( B& ]: HThat's a memory problem.
0 }, J3 H8 e6 \这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 b7 }) _/ [& `% r0 x2 w1 h6 x5 q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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 G4 @; L0 [) Q2 P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?
. P: B9 @+ F% Q7 Q1 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 }/ E  X" S) a9 _Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 z4 ^: m7 ^/ X: hWhy my friend was this person?
" i, O  B& L) M4 h- j为什么我的朋友是这个人？
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.
6 t: @9 C. k9 ?5 D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。
# T& ?1 W. i! _- x0 EI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; Q: e  W( U: J2 mOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 d2 o9 U# r3 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ u2 H5 d1 N+ x8 F7 WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 j' B' {7 A2 n! NWe 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。
* I. K2 }( f1 ?There's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 V7 r7 G, ?+ `8 e, H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。
& T4 D: w: x' @$ j/ a, jTalk about it.
" f, }4 @2 A+ \1 E4 g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？
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...
% v  D4 ^1 F; i' [4 H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( I& s9 y1 g# xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ S  B% S. D2 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ c, x4 a" Z, X/ S2 W' y, b- i5 a你写备忘录吗？
8 V) W/ v6 L. e8 ^8 \# rDoes 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？
0 Z! C; P9 H6 p  x( B8 YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* M" L/ t2 T+ k: D: c: E0 [, R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 }, ?6 a. V& O/ k" Z; x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？