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.
0 p( E6 l- g/ R2 F+ ]. M7 S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？
7 Y+ I4 J, X: e% oI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  Q( V5 C) v; t( P3 g  L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.
7 D. \6 R, g1 S# _. h8 [4 ^/ a我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; }* _' s4 Q# p" l; [, A# k$ h0 }; ^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。
! B, O2 {7 R5 t; \$ Q3 l( oWell, 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。
4 K  m$ a' g- r, H8 ^; v3 ~3 S* ZThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
) q' l& Y8 v6 f  g' o. ~I guess that counts too.
  l# @. m8 Y) c我想那很重要。
$ g9 W2 b$ b$ {2 J5 V2 C) ~/ @9 NBut 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？
0 Q# ~' ~7 S1 d1 Z/ \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。
- D7 [- b- F9 M1 b0 w) I3 h) [# SFor 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。
5 P1 V! F6 K) ^  ~( XIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" V% a& ]& n4 X( e" U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?
7 D4 C6 G  z, R; G- z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- O4 c4 ~% o( g, [+ OWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% D$ Q5 m5 d1 RWhy did I get married?
4 r0 I8 V0 q, L% Q- ~6 P) Y) E为什么我要结婚？
3 D5 \& _% Y% z# N" O" ^2 x& @. NIf 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.
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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 J1 U$ b6 X' A% L) pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" g* c. C4 s! @- R+ NWe 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。
4 @: _9 ~/ G- O% R( D% b& xThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
; b, e* e. i) Z/ I# Q7 J  X, Q* K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.
" R: m, l8 A$ l+ Z. J0 a谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! B5 r8 D; c3 y+ I7 Q7 v& o) e  M你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 G4 H* Z- s: w: NIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 c/ q/ H1 {. B; pDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
9 M( h4 B, ]1 ~7 ]- {; q. LDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( X3 y" N7 A0 q6 c9 q! Z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' t9 q$ W$ l) a% RWhat 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？