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.
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.
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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
: R- t2 h8 f5 P* nAnd 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。
) k# g( W: R' H" LWell, 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。
  B' a* W0 h( {) B  I0 _" b% z5 rThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, g' G7 @+ x. U1 B6 CBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
; O5 @9 n5 ^' W在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
- z3 Z7 i# y3 U( x& d9 T% c5 d  WFor 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.
: f5 y2 ^) R/ v' \6 J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？
+ u2 W2 h/ N2 n) l/ uWhy did I join this club?
" _! E* \; ~6 x$ d+ I% m% D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?
为什么我要结婚？
( G" h  g; s# Y. Y- D0 n9 JIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! D" v& x  |% D" G8 D* P' s* O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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
- [, s8 H! X( m" o/ t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.
. w2 T# ?& k& C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。
. T7 |, s; `1 u. 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。
5 R7 E9 r; Y+ X% k: DThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 h. \2 M4 N4 U- O; NIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: l2 ~3 l: j9 j9 Y7 y! R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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
, i$ |' c8 B+ \2 O7 B它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: ?8 t3 b0 y7 X) x' a你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' {4 G- P* r* U' V3 b  D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( U$ r6 B4 ?4 rDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" R4 E6 z1 x* _. S$ b; UDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; M2 Z/ U' r. A$ ^% E你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
" M6 R( e* T) V) ~" y* k* QWhat 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？