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

5 j2 x& j0 o1 D1 m4 o记住我们为什么做某事
% W9 i& ~: C; ?7 CSometimes 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。
5 U* x2 u9 l8 WHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( ^$ N( A5 W8 a# w( B: E2 E我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( J) X; E, G) |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。
4 V' Q& a' j6 T' T/ WAnd 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。
4 b2 M4 R8 ]2 C* `, A& w  sWell, 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.
: y  z- Q2 X5 t: q- L这是一个记忆问题。
/ M& ?' {1 ^' k) D: ^' |: FI 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？
3 d$ ^9 T! s5 v6 `6 qAt 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。
" S/ B. ^( b3 k: A2 b3 T* Z% uFor 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。
6 C7 I' J- T+ r) F' WIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" D3 c' d2 F+ z. q3 @1 G4 E2 p总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ {" f  I: S$ \, FWhy did I start to learn a language?
7 ?) A/ R* @8 a- d为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 R7 t/ w6 O/ O4 XWhy did I join this club?
- N8 P. R* W9 _8 L为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ U. [7 h  I& A6 v! z; H, n, cWhy 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？
8 M# ~9 ^3 x& Q3 N8 w- H; l) BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 C% P2 ]1 h( q/ i; G# z) F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.
( _: @9 I; z' E& }$ N6 h8 Q1 m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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
& f$ o; s; n+ m! K* b/ G" u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% ~# F) E( H8 ^/ z3 N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 U0 |  Y( H! L1 r8 y! |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" s: a. \7 R7 B5 Z. G# M0 NIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 D; [; |5 g4 O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?
  L1 A5 z' v: o6 \+ G你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% b  O2 K+ R# F% {' xIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: P" |4 \, e6 z! C/ m5 C1 }0 g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 f: f2 `9 Q1 V) d3 W$ b  RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 A* S; J' p* z; R1 x$ \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) G4 D  V3 s' w2 ]Do you write memos?
! r5 ~( ]. K# t" T# G- ]" l8 n8 ]你写备忘录吗？
0 p1 f4 m" B/ X8 K5 @* P+ H4 lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; e- `  N: L- C1 G4 w+ Y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？
' d/ [; X$ c+ ?% Q* [  F* [6 iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: T- h2 ?8 F: L: G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？