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
% z) k3 E+ E1 }6 t2 Y6 ~5 e# V; eSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* Q  x; p: t- k+ ~: `. ?, ?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？
% r# M1 V+ p  b5 k2 J( RI'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。
# n. H4 @$ k  s$ e( j) `And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 Q; |) Y# v0 z: m, X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。
" _$ {2 H. z! ?/ U( \8 r3 R* \9 SWell, 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。
7 ?1 b' R3 ~( x/ @7 B1 V. q  s8 SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ n% ]: O5 N6 D& u* o+ i  R7 L我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; I, a8 _% ]- \. l" x# r2 s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.
2 Q8 q, x2 q. a: g3 A在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
7 A3 g) z1 ~- |8 x" H4 k: l0 aFor 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.
( W: t  g' j" W# K& }3 W7 _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？
$ k- ?% u- J# F4 J% C. PWhy did I join this club?
% e! Y, s! f3 N* ?8 G4 _  w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 t4 K! e# M, c1 z4 R, C为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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。
' O* }  c' M  M+ MI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 i0 N: S* H% Z% aOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 z) Y% `$ e: H, s% i- [  pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
% g4 g% i$ }& Z& q: T/ i" N$ |" p我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- j+ H$ z; l# j# j5 @- GWe 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。
) F' Q, k) F% KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: C! k7 `6 q* t; i1 l问为什么没什么问题。
6 b/ \& n9 C0 D1 l0 _# ^- F1 PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. A4 ]* r. k: B, ?# q9 W9 m0 x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：
) B2 c5 k- G7 n  f8 o4 MIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' \) x- p. n0 P- f你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 @% u8 |4 T$ H' w8 J2 c1 d1 i4 B" SIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 _/ ~" _+ ?4 N$ L/ P) |2 [# U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 ~/ [5 D! C+ y9 q% UHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- W# w9 D1 P& }+ e. p  s* r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 G) n9 E6 {# [Do you write memos?
$ M* p+ Z5 A5 K2 M+ x- G, K你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( g3 G! r! a: D4 g+ r6 [& W) T你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
, I! d; r; z3 C+ KWhat 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？
8 W7 v  M0 b' t8 x& J* Q$ m. qWhat 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？