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
$ @- A. i# m! o; K5 t4 ?, ^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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
' N" b3 S9 [. a+ ]4 a/ y$ ~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。
5 x* Z: l! D) e( L. B$ p% mI 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。
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。
' }* p% V4 ~/ N6 U8 i4 ~( pThat's a memory problem.
; w8 d& p5 z: m8 h这是一个记忆问题。
& w* x' u. v" n/ [# @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 G: A* W9 B" B9 Y6 d0 I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？
' Z* r1 r2 \9 H8 @& j0 hAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  k. C& w  D7 Z0 m! U+ _4 B在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 L5 ?; y, \2 _6 X/ WFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ O. g: x  J) b; x( Y# t/ L7 |Why did I start to learn a language?
4 k& [* r! p1 h1 E/ U为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 K) }% P3 t  h! R4 X为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 y  z; |, g5 `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.
. @; a% s* }8 K5 z, M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.
* Z8 `5 ?" o& Y- p我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( A9 M* f: z+ d0 j! kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# j0 F9 O0 B7 |7 WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. @4 @& g! h7 f, d6 o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ T$ E6 q! A2 NWe 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。
; Q0 |$ J5 m$ T+ kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ U$ I' n& [& m0 e& ]0 _% }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。
' [) A# J! S3 S) \% k7 N/ O& uTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
' X7 n  a, m6 ^1 LIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
, `& R# f0 v0 X它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
( l9 B. U3 n9 L5 `' gDo you write memos?
# }; K+ Z1 S( t. z+ _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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 E7 r* g& e* V. w: cWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ y2 [& K& T' U! m! F' }( G6 X8 ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？