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。
6 C7 Y" M, P8 ~# GHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- }# N; ]4 U0 ]# {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。
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。
7 W0 {* h; I+ a1 ^* ~. sWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  l7 D) @, Y. T8 q' I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
) M  x+ x( u3 B7 E4 o7 p/ b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.
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.
; z8 R( e9 s2 n! i% v对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( D4 N, N7 l2 n$ y9 iIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  t/ R4 |: E+ g# z$ E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?
- _) t% N% R5 X1 P2 S# S3 Y4 z1 l" h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？
" V( t4 a" ?' d! N7 W" sWhy did I get married?
9 b5 {- K. w  E) [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.
, `. t" x/ ?; g' `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.
' F3 Y) u* l' {4 q% ~- A' k否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. ~- f/ l4 V* g5 g( l7 |We stop starting. We quit the club.
% v. Q" e9 h: h( w% z8 J# s- K; 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。
  j3 T. b* [" k/ |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 G1 A8 w: R" Q3 {6 q0 \1 S; v" S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.
5 x$ Z' Y- O6 h5 M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。
8 P+ P$ R& c, p. h$ f: u% b  OTalk about it.
  h) k( k1 f5 t) j2 |2 r谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 q5 M& J9 G5 p: r4 \1 z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 s& b7 S0 h  x* bIs 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……
: V$ x0 L) w6 y) MHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 w! u$ k7 b  y/ fDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, ]4 `' T" a! f* Q1 m0 y1 D! ]5 w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？
" j# Q0 O, D/ z1 jWhat 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？