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
, _; p0 U! x" ?Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 V# o* L- N7 F( [有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
1 d9 z) ~# Z7 ?5 J你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
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。
3 `" W' L$ |; J. b1 VAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ ~5 D1 \  S- B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。
Well, 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.
+ X: |/ o/ q& r: L这是一个记忆问题。
1 c& ~1 w2 w( p5 D5 M' mI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 `- E3 S" e3 N* ?' z3 {# |* @But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ M- |6 @, |9 W# R6 M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.
$ f. n( F+ _4 G& d% r5 i  Y% W2 L. z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 A* N- F4 L( F- t1 `7 m总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" V+ Q. a" @# T! U& P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# `9 @# e* g% \- i3 `" DWhy did I join this club?
, P% f1 T' [( y( \$ P$ P+ g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- V1 e. u. V# w8 YWhy my friend was this person?
9 m& s4 s7 A* z" q  w为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* ?( F+ Z0 f8 O5 BIf 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.
: x5 N4 `* \: ~/ g1 n我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, @) J: F, G' qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ H  Q! H: V( F5 g4 ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# y( V$ L; `8 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  k$ w0 y1 ?$ o* WWe 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.
/ c+ _6 t8 s/ X) D; D- ]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.
% j9 z) U  Y! u0 K" `1 |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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( p. t" ?9 t$ ?你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ h% d. f3 {  i6 B. B: K/ YIs 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 z7 @5 u4 j: w4 u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？
: |& K6 F. @( bDo you write memos?
. X; ~: R0 G5 C7 p' p你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
2 U) ]* p, b0 _! E% m  W* W( JWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 k0 B- k! r1 L( a4 E8 B1 R. z3 O. d; t还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# H! w8 l5 j% A; SWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 G( l9 l7 J; B! S7 e0 y; M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？