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.
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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% q3 [& L: h0 {我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" j2 a9 t' w) J6 g9 X4 b* sI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 Q. G$ U" x7 F我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- W9 g0 f" I" }' A# fAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' H+ w6 F3 H2 A# y( u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。
. D3 O( v& N7 R* A$ N1 F9 UWell, 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。
) p. S* o' b/ v0 y% DThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( R! [# M% q6 D# kI guess that counts too.
# E8 a) `1 i4 }# A6 q# J" z我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. Y3 L# H0 ]( 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.
  M7 _! g% Z$ g$ \在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! n. T3 q: @$ R2 J( G; dFor 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。
8 `0 K$ G& l+ l& gIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
. `% b9 R  f, n8 _) C; A4 r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" r$ {# C3 q. ]6 ^  W5 \. ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ b; k9 j5 f4 Z% uWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 ^" ~' `; t  b$ ~$ x- fWhy my friend was this person?
3 l$ m$ W7 Z: r& ^8 h' N+ y4 ]  E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
) V$ y7 A2 O  a) u. t0 o; s/ }为什么我要结婚？
7 B& v1 q. @$ ?If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 x! a, m7 O$ X* c; I, Z* Q. `. \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.
* d* O; `; b1 B否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
' _2 c1 J! P/ K# K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 `/ ~! x3 W( |9 f1 J+ N, G我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ }: k# W" x* ?There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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。
Talk about it.
1 ~1 l; m- Y3 A/ J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?
1 p; H- H$ D: a4 ^4 z它是一种遥远的记忆？
) n5 Z+ }5 B0 GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
" A: \6 P7 |" y) z2 ~5 M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？
Do you write memos?
8 z4 D. S! ?6 ?1 X2 T) r你写备忘录吗？
: L4 [, ]  J% {" I9 bDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 n4 J! g( V" |- o0 A0 H9 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？
0 X7 Q. r1 W  S$ _6 PWhat 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?
! d+ p  [# \- q: A% M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？