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.
- k! J, l2 H% F" V! U4 Q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 \& Y9 E' |9 P9 Z# ?; GHave you ever done that?
+ ?- j) f! a- S7 _3 j你曾有过这种经历吗？
  t2 k5 _8 Q. Z0 I$ KI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 s1 ^6 j5 ?* @* k3 e- w& f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.
! m. t% Q& Y( T$ a: O% j我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- w1 ]5 M# i3 u3 W( L. V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。
That's a memory problem.
! B) ?, W, J2 Y( U) o这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
& I' E0 T- h8 F. A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？
0 s2 K  \+ ^$ }( t9 EAt 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 P7 |3 \0 v) t% v$ X$ ?, x% E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？
* D! x# o- S4 H& o  DWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# @* G# F# H$ e/ L. o" PWhy my friend was this person?
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.
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。
2 j  J: b+ i7 R3 ~+ fI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 X) d% b$ n7 ~8 a# ?) U我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- `. Y0 L, i$ F" |0 U1 g  N5 u( BOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- `5 _" E, [2 N' ]# d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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; |9 b) J6 V# V$ e, b6 f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% Y+ B" y: ^" M. Y% n% w# t# aThere'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.
4 a  j% d' g3 \$ T6 B2 U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。
. R) c+ s/ \( S& J2 x) kTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
: U' ]: |# a4 @# t, H' n% P# R. DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! r% _- e0 ?+ ?& q' I& p$ r你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ l/ f% r/ F* r$ Z* n" V3 ?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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' V/ w, w1 b5 B# o: W  d% f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 U1 W0 y7 o- R. S4 `+ r7 t你写备忘录吗？
4 }6 L2 w! o$ e* s  i5 Y4 `8 WDoes 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？
/ B! @8 ?# O0 _0 F# n9 a: cWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) d! M+ Z# ^- _3 m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' m+ L( n' x- zWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
2 T9 w$ }) N( X/ B- @+ _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？