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。
Have you ever done that?
9 [3 G5 A& i) ~; R) J; E你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- Q0 y4 B8 a6 y, b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.
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.
6 V0 l( \: }0 b2 `0 f5 w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。
& I2 w( L: z+ G2 N  p/ Q0 g, cWell, 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。
I guess that counts too.
, _9 Q1 w$ p$ X0 q3 P& q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？
5 v; A/ k6 J' g! }1 N7 X6 O/ ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  D9 }1 e# Z( p4 W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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 C" `# o6 ~6 M% z5 M7 E+ N- N总是可以问问自己为什么。
* j& F+ B  T" W. ]Why did I start to learn a language?
' t5 l9 @' T7 u为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 Y3 k8 i4 u2 T1 F! i) dWhy did I join this club?
# }2 P9 j, R; O2 T, a! [1 W! w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？
) l0 f* J" x" }, W, O4 m- MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
9 A+ _; p; f, B" rIf 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。
% e! w0 L4 J9 Z! I' P/ YI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 l4 t. s4 A# l! {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.
( s- i( O2 @; H1 e6 \. _3 ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 n' X8 }8 F0 P+ a- d; G: }/ |问为什么没什么问题。
" q7 d1 y" w# F" z" UIn 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。
5 X9 \# ?' S0 _0 [9 y$ cTalk about it.
8 {( @' C4 o5 p' P  `5 X谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 [3 d- i' `, S% C4 ^你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  s+ G% \: ]5 m& Q: ?! O1 H& q, yIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
' K4 m; {6 P7 l/ S" NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) w+ i9 |; U) \. _8 B  R( @, P1 f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 P! T: }+ a$ ?- jHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
0 c8 C9 w+ f# o( H你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 D% V9 `- v& R% M6 n6 Z& Q5 {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* [/ ^" o- e' b- NWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ I1 W8 x* C* j' c1 L' `4 @还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 u  e5 N# o& n" MWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
% f" N* z* Q5 t; w6 {% k9 v# B5 @你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？