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

1 H0 q! n# }! e0 M% 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。
Have you ever done that?
. s1 c4 G) Y/ F; j& n* N你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" q4 K' R6 b, J. R我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' A8 ]- v! k2 l, t6 WI 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。
1 J7 d+ i2 x; C4 gAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 a1 O! c7 X" ?- |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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 y: ^; {  o9 S, n! e( bThat's a memory problem.
2 E% {4 m6 ?' X  z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?
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: \' c9 Z% r& C7 Y0 a( D" c- AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* A8 u. C# o3 R6 ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 F9 ^) Q2 N6 [  u8 kWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ K: h6 T; n. o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 x0 h2 s7 r8 K2 m+ }Why did I join this club?
' c* G2 ?( W5 K# p; ~/ \/ b为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  x* M7 A7 W' o# R5 c5 uWhy my friend was this person?
3 t6 _7 ]1 N+ H0 L% {" c- z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ j: M. D4 g( p; \& A* J& a  R. bWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
1 ~" e' b) x- }' fIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% j: ?/ T, z) O. F  P% e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。
" e" v$ c, l; qI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 J0 U5 A# {. |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.
& M5 M# Q7 X, d1 G- r0 Z0 U. C6 V我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 U. X$ c; ^9 l9 C' h/ U% wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' ^/ x& {7 X6 u+ _5 h问为什么没什么问题。
( P; n! E) |4 ?5 j# X' hIn 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。
  F- R* `: n) i8 kTalk about it.
6 T* D; v- ^3 ^; S5 m7 ^9 ]( H- t谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: X0 D5 D; ~5 k1 g, J你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 |) A7 g! u0 dIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
" w- s3 k# @# D4 \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?
0 P# v1 P  g' \# Y- i' P! L你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- F3 s$ D3 z% u% A* t: mDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
3 Q5 B  X! T, r3 t" B$ @/ pDoes 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？
6 m+ G  N6 H( fWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 `- G8 F7 u# e- g还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 D. s" X" V& y" LWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! O5 d7 D2 z6 n6 v/ S你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？