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
. D' F1 L- G% P) A. iSometimes 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?
/ _" r; J4 }. X你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
, d  E2 }8 I7 `: `, 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。
; T5 [* G4 i5 C0 u$ H! V' M* RAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- Q8 b* J$ q% w0 ]+ A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.
2 S. {  w, c/ c+ p/ `. }哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# u: I- E  h: J( k+ B8 C: M/ B  }That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 Q9 Z& A2 p8 d1 B! Z我想那很重要。
: _- R& ?  F5 }( u7 s% j# S) B1 pBut 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？
6 y- i' g, I2 ^7 i2 Z: C, \At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ {8 i/ q3 G! {4 ?# @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。
1 y+ B, ]/ J# m0 J! ?5 EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
- _4 B# E8 O. q/ y9 }Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 `! d* n; M9 W; d3 u8 b. g7 ~  ?Why did I join this club?
1 s% h9 W" p  q4 o8 i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& m; X2 U+ b1 E5 Y* f  Y8 JWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
1 L6 e/ t4 H1 P. K% a0 c为什么我要结婚？
; _! |1 R7 J, U7 F9 jIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
2 }5 b8 @3 B# L. d' S- ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* j6 g& g8 e) G8 ]1 tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
( z2 u5 b1 P! M0 s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! I. z) ^8 X3 j- C$ YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. ?3 W- P" r  }  f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 e2 t6 `, N7 ?- e* S+ a6 m8 v9 kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' R  S" T5 g4 l( R8 C* G问为什么没什么问题。
3 X2 D: `6 Y1 h/ W; i3 eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ w' m+ N: M7 [) K# o: Y9 Q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。
, p# c0 `5 A9 R1 H- [/ sTalk about it.
7 {9 R& o, a) k8 z9 {1 h谈论下面的话题：
$ F: N9 D+ g  y5 _Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. m5 A+ {. a  m6 i7 w# Z0 p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?
& y2 z: q1 l9 l9 h7 z5 Q它是一种遥远的记忆？
' ?; @: N$ H6 Y  h& Y. s7 ]Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( s# k5 q# [+ g3 G, w2 N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% q, D$ ]# o: U0 C7 m7 U2 x& t& LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 m% i) C' g; ]- _8 E2 H- A" x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 y+ T! Y4 J( U3 VDo you write memos?
& U; P. m! t# \  E+ _3 ]你写备忘录吗？
/ Z+ A! y! T2 R$ h% b& ^/ VDoes 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 v0 a, v4 r* w7 MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
" D% D( Y" \5 q; p% }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?
3 r0 F- b5 _! Y* ~' H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？