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
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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。
- y* `! u1 T+ l4 ~Have you ever done that?
& [  B4 s3 O$ p. O0 Q你曾有过这种经历吗？
& C( [: W7 p+ J% ]0 q# YI'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。
/ z- D, J; e  L6 EAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 P4 w; B4 o; A1 H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。
/ o# T- o+ L, L! C9 o) nWell, 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。
  U! y2 E5 \2 n+ S6 WThat's a memory problem.
+ I$ |, R3 ^$ t8 y) A这是一个记忆问题。
6 U0 z! Y/ F/ S- YI guess that counts too.
. o' F- }! l  e! g/ Z我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& Q) q+ b8 x- c( L4 w! p, t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？
* @/ o0 d" K$ lAt 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.
. E( E: K: R6 D" V6 H! o3 H; N& |对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
% \; E' S! H+ _3 eWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( \% e3 s' n) p* WWhy did I join this club?
1 W" [$ p/ l% D  V& V" r3 l1 z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 A- t* X* Z2 w" f2 g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。
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。
; F: ~2 a) o0 b% }0 i* iWe 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.
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。
4 e5 n! r, B8 b) E' h! e8 |6 y0 zTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
) h; \# y# N  T- C# e3 O5 KIs 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？
: l5 Q4 s( ~: h$ f9 X- S* |1 hIs it a kind of distant memory?
, N) v/ f' R2 u它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 v6 ?& i2 Z9 p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？
0 t0 t1 K. ?( }. LDo you write memos?
: t( T; E  `% O0 [4 W  F$ U$ f1 m/ q" Y你写备忘录吗？
4 \/ @! C+ F+ k0 B% y. lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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?
! R1 b, t$ |! Q9 P. ?( i还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 y5 m6 }/ h, K8 Q* RWhat 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？