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

4 \5 v- v! R0 u0 B2 t  Y记住我们为什么做某事
% a' \: T+ M2 `* k; kSometimes 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。
  S* n( g9 u) X9 e% Z$ c: g0 Z+ fHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 m( i8 J% G" H' B0 @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。
  b: y+ P, B; qI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
3 r5 e+ }2 i' Y+ s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.
3 z+ c" A/ z5 k& H- U0 a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。
  R1 E' `4 }$ K: T. uWell, 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.
" Y4 G8 b4 ^* c6 x这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% }! D, j+ ^9 {. v) w我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ [1 S7 `9 x7 e" J, ~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.
: \; l- G6 A6 a对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  ^. S1 m. D9 {% L$ n: z: I- aIt'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？
5 c" X$ P: Y# A8 C* ]1 n# TWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' c$ A" E% j* ^: w3 l4 \( {Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 ^4 C; i# I, V2 t9 E0 CWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) J$ o3 L/ w! N. m- ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
' ?9 B. R! t( c+ ~: l. G6 ~否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 }  Z/ [* c2 c+ \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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There'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.
5 B* {) B3 ]% ?' ^2 ?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$ v" g, g7 ~6 ?- }6 ATalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
5 q& _' _# Z! T) ~3 h7 jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
8 y8 T; K/ P' _( I. gIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 S8 \; E* J% b% k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! q$ E0 i8 n- w8 l5 o4 NHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 k1 B; M2 X9 i7 p, PDo you write memos?
  G' i# M, Y, L9 f你写备忘录吗？
# {/ ~& C& K1 ?7 SDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# z2 ?7 N1 J: B! A$ ]( {0 ]你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* M: g/ G6 _) y$ f- WWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
2 B! R! g( K7 S7 ~9 f还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) E" G2 F$ c5 Q& E1 f, ]What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 W4 P/ c# r( U" b2 M& V你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？