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

2 n  y# \+ {' T9 }3 c( j( Y记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 y+ [# L6 x4 U; o! {5 C/ \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ {' A) X4 e1 o你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 i' Q2 e3 E* f; Z/ `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。
$ o# z7 F5 n( j" d" w) Y$ ?) UI 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。
% x/ M' e$ K1 _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
7 n) I' V2 h' |( F) V" `' R* }That's a memory problem.
, u9 z. B# |- `这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 W, y' o# O1 T: D: p# U( N* x2 x( o% y我想那很重要。
0 Q5 ?/ q6 u, B. h4 V/ \; SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* X2 F$ p9 m9 b8 z2 o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？
9 \, g4 v7 Z, C8 N2 aAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, h  k3 L! U! E( r' k3 y5 ]" ]在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
% i/ t: Y+ P. T, F' C2 u- F0 T2 RFor 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.
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？
Why did I join this club?
7 ]# S/ A; z8 m/ v+ V6 ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
: A! {. w4 `; R3 w) ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 ?; O4 k2 v. XIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 ?0 E% Q  `) Y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 ^( Z4 Z' p. u: s/ DI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 ~$ i) [) q9 g$ D; j" R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.
# \$ M0 _* k! S% }5 v' n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.
2 e4 V/ y! C5 j7 Q# ~, r' Z0 K我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
: \, K3 ?& |9 D! T- i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.
: O, A1 U. J# ~5 r% }谈论下面的话题：
7 c6 J* }" k- b8 u* iIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* I# v5 `5 G0 c: L& `8 f( G4 l$ D你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 B2 p$ g  y2 e0 ~( }6 O! fIs 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?
) U' w+ F3 B- [6 Z& m. Q( ], ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: S2 G8 d5 x/ m2 ^6 F: h0 q! K2 r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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ r; y1 @) I9 `6 z/ d- j/ K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( m9 U- q5 G) g( BWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？