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

% o2 r0 y6 V* E: U2 ~记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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。
$ s; f5 s4 P$ R: X5 N1 i8 M; vHave you ever done that?
8 c3 g* j0 P- }* g: ~. j/ r你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! S' E- V/ ?2 R- U; ]' Q. h5 z; s我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( t8 z8 ]' f- d6 c( s3 Z$ HI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ L$ @& Q# h4 E" t我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 M6 p9 I2 h, Q, o* O5 P/ OAnd 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。
# t; U& O7 Q% m7 V, f! zWell, 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。
5 E, W5 T$ X+ N3 c2 J* Y5 F3 eThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" u( N2 E, ?: B5 g8 c/ M7 e# J我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  m: }3 ]: E* r' W, s4 @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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ J# Z  y* D7 p' _" Q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.
# \+ ~2 _" [% I3 G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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; R( g/ k" g  D+ z; H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。
' h/ u: O& _0 a  V- y; `1 h! lI think we need indeed remind us of why.
, B8 G+ J# r/ V- Y8 Q0 K9 `( |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.
/ j' s4 n# M. S, o  ]4 p7 v/ t& `' ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 Y& V6 |& H2 o  O* U. u9 l我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
9 o& [8 }2 w3 e0 Z& b% B* w( VThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
$ u6 k9 b3 W: t3 ^7 _/ t5 p% r8 A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.
9 B$ Y3 B/ I' h8 |9 _+ N9 k  c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。
* v' I" n/ |5 B/ RTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
7 a) i1 y3 C' o+ W5 t8 y- p& J8 DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
4 N4 H- h; e3 u$ oIs it a kind of distant memory?
' U2 ?  \+ k2 N8 k它是一种遥远的记忆？
: P& m, B: h; {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
& W' q+ Y$ B& |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) p8 O! H1 k# ?4 i) ~$ Y' pHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" Z$ I  K; b0 I. u8 Q% L2 u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
5 J7 G% s) w5 O& j( z3 q( ]你写备忘录吗？
1 E. z; ]" ~3 }. B+ yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( G7 z$ c& k) ]7 J$ c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?
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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？