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

1 P( v* |5 X* \+ r1 ^记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, ]/ _, j/ {  Z" `7 N- ?9 ^有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
2 E2 k) _+ O8 |. ~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。
7 l. W6 b. [; V( z! B' fI 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。
! A. F. i' P& }9 sAnd 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。
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.
这是一个记忆问题。
: l/ G" w2 e* EI guess that counts too.
8 C0 f$ n: c! A, N5 {) M" c我想那很重要。
- C. b- {9 [# p( N! lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 _. J. U+ |7 C1 k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.
6 W8 D6 w( }) K9 v3 c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 t0 u6 _% }3 T: ~It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
* V  `1 ~* N! m  `, k/ _- q' {Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
. h$ k5 s; V$ R* FWhy did I join this club?
; j" t$ o$ L$ [7 F% N' Q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 s: b1 a1 v! }5 Z1 Y3 Q为什么我要结婚？
8 Q# V6 r4 w: Q8 RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. a" U% W. i& v: r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。
* L; N5 v9 F' j3 l' h5 K7 i, E- LI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 S6 G7 d( Z9 _我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! s/ V( F& l) G. `# c4 S; [* cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% x) I9 W2 ^: P% y# Y4 C+ F+ o, g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' n+ P# I/ p( PWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 R* F+ b' I6 _" f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 n9 w. b: G: }9 \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
% q( n. W( J8 f1 p) h& c' V问为什么没什么问题。
/ q. V8 Q5 e8 w- h. b: S  k0 a! |In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- Y5 R6 D) \& t5 Z6 ~. J5 K9 Y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?
. w9 `6 o- N" N: t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？
. v! o; P% n3 n: ~5 z& aDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
$ `; e: m) _8 b$ T+ i6 L' wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) p5 u3 G- F# p: L4 X% k& `6 sDo you write memos?
/ [) `/ R" I8 o: i1 g9 u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？
  c3 ~: u7 n: U4 p& lWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
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？