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。
0 ?, o6 _0 ]- D& I8 G5 xHave 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.
3 W  w, v. Y. N4 P1 \# o4 k. b我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 g4 P* R9 V1 _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( M) J9 d( E! W4 r. r# m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。
That's a memory problem.
+ U, ]* i/ q  z1 C* }% w, j这是一个记忆问题。
# q% z1 X7 z- d8 d% ?# NI guess that counts too.
1 M( N6 |( g) h我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, z! S; l" q  |0 _! G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？
; T  \4 L) Y( ^At 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.
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？
9 z! R7 |; Y* S) U* |9 G& i5 e' GWhy did I join this club?
! @; Q5 v8 i) O* ^1 @5 {8 |为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
  C" k, [1 ^! y, V& y5 y) |# n7 O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* r- Y) I) w1 d! l; ?8 k. jWhy did I get married?
; L7 ~" o, m2 o5 u2 O* G1 f  s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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
% q9 y7 L* O! ]我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ I, b7 x2 a' IOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 Z3 v3 \5 S: n! PWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; e% i* H* L& q( h4 D我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 z- |, ~" W, Z! I' H. TWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: f! u( Y2 F& N7 n5 c我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 u' M7 Y0 ~3 i+ r+ E0 x* U/ kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- m# C; y7 K. ?9 u4 p4 v# u) y) D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。
. a' P9 J' p8 m( iTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 J5 Z. o# x+ ?% w2 i7 n1 y7 u6 {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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
; h- ?# b; O; ?' e3 o3 y' }你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  O. n) w; f9 f- yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 K. d- b% C" n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. I0 p2 t, Q) |" x9 `4 `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？