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

- E, }* J& A7 Y0 a3 N记住我们为什么做某事
* P0 K: W: m3 x3 }- g7 ^Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" Z7 c: ]* x: F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 q& h1 ~$ z' V你曾有过这种经历吗？
& X3 {. `9 a) A( B" H( A, s+ M( }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。
% r+ W0 b2 Z# m& A% v; o. JI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( A# }2 m0 c/ L! F) m' I( m我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ N' j# Z1 t$ k- m( Z- dAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, b& s% ^0 ]9 x9 Z3 _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。
; U# I; W! `; Q& b$ T9 x  dWell, 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.
& i* U) Z: y4 |' y* Y这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ K( X+ r5 j. I- k我想那很重要。
& d! Y* o$ Y; e* `3 vBut 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？
& Y0 ?! Y& \* k  dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ @* P; R0 R: O( @  x在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
. r; |& r8 g& @( r, p+ G9 W$ nFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 b0 d; `* @" t, X. L) k对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 G* b; u  i) T$ u- q4 sIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  o. p% o% D( l7 B2 C6 g0 V总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
9 {3 `% m; t/ R. E2 }0 U& [为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 p7 W; P! m  Q% }/ X- c3 hWhy did I join this club?
( I: y9 B& S1 u. R5 l) i+ n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 _  i' Y- }' v3 k, J# yWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( n' I" F0 K' g. @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。
1 s: q& m' A8 _, W1 W0 f% J6 sI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- Z: _, i  B0 s; P1 u( Q9 I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.
/ C% ^" n4 H9 _3 _8 X/ b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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 t' S( B6 @6 O, @5 [$ f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' @$ _/ n7 `1 r# u, J) d  `6 rThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& _8 R; H2 C6 m, KIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 S1 Z9 N0 X1 I7 J- c4 `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。
7 V+ k! T% {9 ]7 BTalk about it.
, n2 ^% ]3 l8 W谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" @2 A! h! o# W8 I; z6 x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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: v+ \( Z8 x% RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& c3 z) d& l6 `2 h6 U* A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
( e# }) w& u2 H你写备忘录吗？
+ ?" o1 C/ R6 M: l* u% X- UDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. ]: X+ C8 P9 K/ F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？
" V) H% ?6 F0 y! @# S5 oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
# g8 Q) o/ U, T+ ?) H7 Q2 r1 L你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？