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

$ P) E" O" n0 C5 }) y* ~/ n- n记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* |! N8 l, d& G; E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* _: w9 v9 M! k% M" I4 r* d" a# ~7 ZHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 w: e, Z* t) e1 sI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" h( v( j3 U7 O& ?" N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.
* S5 w4 G# U6 h# @( y2 ^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.
7 @" t5 T- M7 A8 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。
4 u5 _3 _1 W1 }+ h2 t# `$ |" 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。
4 n! T+ O# a2 k& s/ l% P" z/ `That's a memory problem.
1 E( }2 e' s. c7 R2 w: d这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
" n6 h8 z5 `0 T1 A4 O2 g在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& k! u, I2 ^1 ]* c( m8 MFor 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。
. W( e# f% V6 V' v- S0 M1 uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
, I! X0 S7 M& |, H9 ~" ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 p0 \8 r2 H; \# s0 zWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
$ M5 D+ [* P2 i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- W- ?; b: q2 E: o) q8 WWhy my friend was this person?
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。
: ~* Y8 Q' X5 J0 O/ |4 PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! g# T$ _1 a% w3 T8 h. T) oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 f! _" V5 d) }) S我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- d- X/ Y1 T8 P9 W! RWe 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。
+ {$ Z0 v$ y2 v) y! E1 kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 t( W0 u  A2 U" b# w; O! p, J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.
2 D7 N5 e7 Z0 b3 i0 V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。
! u  [( t# T2 p# C1 C" qTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
+ a% ~- {( Z3 `8 E* a# y  [6 a9 g' `Is 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？
) t0 b( v. T. }2 N, P' R3 j1 wIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ ~1 f$ D8 I7 d7 ~9 z3 G  f5 R1 ^Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' P7 x' Z; V8 T8 C* _4 U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 Y1 H, Z, ^& a% o1 M) B7 LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' l! d& s" t5 ?5 z8 bDo you write memos?
: a, s& F+ B& W- `7 c) K: G5 L: Z# A你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" ~- A- A5 ^8 R; U: a4 x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?
' N! \; |9 p3 i) {6 H2 {/ n. a还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What 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？