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.
* ^9 z) |" F2 _5 @" L5 g  ^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？
2 @, _: Z/ o- o0 J, S! t8 O- j& ~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。
& Q9 x. L/ k& Y/ mI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 M' d5 ~% e$ {  }7 L: @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.
/ S. u5 l5 A( M( X# m7 g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。
" ]6 t  v  p6 dWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) W: ?! A& z8 X8 k5 F5 q  l6 q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
' u% e4 Q0 x, E' P这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! g5 O; p" u4 q6 ]& Y& q* lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 P" o# y; ~& T* X6 v, Z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 `9 m+ c! n& h+ QAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
% \9 Q( {, T, t/ S2 K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.
/ ?. i! O* s4 F( y  c% w对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; l* i5 ], K! ]) u. P: oIt'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？
9 A( r% u! `% _+ T1 KWhy did I join this club?
' x" G& h2 U* u" }( G为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: L( c% v' Q* d) g- W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.
9 \7 P" q* V0 E! ^0 {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。
; Y# k' ]" R* V& W& ?  K3 v" bI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
$ G2 T2 I# a. a4 R) COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 I: Q9 Y( v+ o: U0 x# H8 uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 U; v' R$ F& P# V5 b3 w2 N) E0 hWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
0 G1 N8 J  x- d1 x- O1 F* Q. K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.
- h$ M) ]! h  J- ~/ e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% Q& K/ U8 HTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 H, H" i9 m! S% 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?
' R3 ^2 ?# W  Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
. ?  z% o1 W0 F- e8 b* gDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; q0 F* }. K3 B" R) M: h0 e# ?How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( j9 m: V7 [, y  CDo you write memos?
8 v! H3 I) _& r  u  H/ r6 ~. M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？
& ?* w+ l( D# I8 l9 P+ {1 E5 u9 VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* p* u, Y& x0 n5 dWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, c6 ?0 ?/ l; Y5 @$ x- I+ Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？