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
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。
$ V6 {: S3 ^- z  XHave you ever done that?
( x4 P- h4 A) x' I5 E& Q( ]: M你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& r" _0 l% ^% G5 T5 z& x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
1 }4 a& n1 L: D0 oI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
8 r5 G! F% k2 l1 ^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。
4 E8 G6 o) ?$ s. T, Z2 X2 PThat's a memory problem.
+ f: W+ y! ^6 i" b' ?! D这是一个记忆问题。
  N8 ]0 S( z: s, h4 g' L& w8 P, RI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: _- O1 Z- K* m3 |; y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？
4 k. ^& W, L- E2 H- `0 T6 F+ VAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, A) G* l* `, {- `9 M' h( n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.
" x1 f: x2 U7 Y7 H# Z( C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 ^6 y, G7 h& L/ i0 _2 gIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
! L0 g% a2 m' R" QWhy 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?
1 h# W) ?6 H# \, g6 ^为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
* a; m+ t! V1 t* k+ \为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
8 N; m+ m1 h  _3 s& FIf 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.
/ x! p1 l  T& M! A& {% K- T否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 D3 E4 B, i7 K$ d$ i4 V3 h: C' G3 iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ g' T+ H- V) B& FWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) l  i  W! g* N) |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: o& S- u7 _! T% ~* j2 }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
: z  J5 N0 d) l) y8 q7 _9 a  \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。
' X: h  B- n7 O" hTalk about it.
7 A8 x! B8 K$ b% M. o谈论下面的话题：
% i0 e4 U5 l9 t% q4 W( LIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* z4 q- V6 n0 {: t( m$ c你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- V- D$ |4 j5 ]1 J$ {* Z8 B% `! X你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' e% x& d9 X: v" R" {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？
% B" @* Z9 i; _  E. cDo you write memos?
0 M. _% w9 r- t6 K$ T2 v% W# ~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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. c, [) \$ O5 x& }( F1 D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?
8 D4 C2 W' K. b+ {) ~% @你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？