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

* \  o- S' m1 m' ~$ B8 ^5 H记住我们为什么做某事
  B/ ]) @+ t: Q- b* j. |# sSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: n* k: u% o+ w# D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.
) Y5 h; U6 P7 j/ b0 P& h我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ s/ V4 e0 N; l4 j; t0 f: Q9 JI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: r# E$ V) ?+ ~6 d; |0 C0 }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。
4 h, O% ]5 n+ x- |; g+ h4 ]" m" p: wWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, d: B3 \/ ^" D9 p6 ^哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 a: q8 k0 x9 M4 V这是一个记忆问题。
+ Y7 y2 {' v# Q  }2 N# P) BI guess that counts too.
: z8 C6 ^/ B- p8 B( h我想那很重要。
1 e( R( R  r% o2 H8 I( k' t; `2 VBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' r  s) a7 }# k# A, g% A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？
2 S0 g. f9 C: m( e. d. w% MAt 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.
# U8 [$ `) R# B, x% k, @; V" N对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
' W* ?4 d2 C4 H4 _4 IIt'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?
& J" ]5 R) m9 G5 S6 _- B, ]8 S( g为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 y  V, X7 Q" y+ M6 E9 hWhy did I join this club?
: I8 O6 N/ Z' U) }! w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, J* [% S* ~1 P& Q8 h# ]& I( n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
4 r' Y. @( j/ z9 c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.
' m" b2 S! d  G' I# T* y8 P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。
; Z# f% [1 P8 @8 d- U7 C$ SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
( W+ ]3 c1 M4 y, w$ o! i我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ o" q! f4 g! j8 y4 i7 S, aOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
( d" l: y* ~1 g# t/ d2 f4 X否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 X& q: \3 @5 q0 e  S$ _We stop starting. We quit the club.
. j$ _# Q" j1 J2 R( z8 j5 N我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 O: \) K; [+ _4 Z1 V我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 I2 R& y: C( G* K8 s# pThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 Y/ N2 H- S8 f$ F" H% F4 r- _- S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。
/ O9 w) E1 H" x4 ?6 jTalk about it.
1 s$ x  B: n9 v, S1 T谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# j* \- J+ T" f* w8 ^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?
; @; c. x/ e; S. G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……
, L* y% N* F( e  ?8 zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% W0 A3 A( H$ B9 o; k* BDo you write memos?
4 L$ E- i1 x; r& f你写备忘录吗？
Does 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 ]$ V  \% f$ B% ?# AWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ |& D" F% u$ Q* a8 U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?
$ A- p! `; F$ `8 F! i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？