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.
" \9 z7 b& n2 p6 H! ?% f& y有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  @9 m/ z$ W7 u# X7 V# t. W6 BHave you ever done that?
  Z, C! e( w) k! l你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 y3 a9 f9 ^# pI'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 ]0 g' h& w, n& y; f6 }3 LI 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。
That's a memory problem.
3 D6 \4 H5 h- |/ |- N, W% f这是一个记忆问题。
3 x8 _: D; A& a$ qI guess that counts too.
, x" U/ W; i" i0 L% [" ?! d3 [我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 R, @# s% [3 m5 e# j/ o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.
* T, }1 O' s1 Z' }0 c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.
$ `% i+ }# V5 A* H+ g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# {  H2 u7 L/ B/ A- n0 [1 CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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?
+ u" c, j9 {: ?: J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ R: ^' K% E9 W: YWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
  [! x1 @" o. s6 |/ b为什么我要结婚？
% `2 P2 S. ~8 x* B" v8 h: DIf 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。
! h* ], c- C4 vI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 @: y" L, y  ]- g' l( Q' [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.
4 |8 ^" X' i5 g- {. r否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 F4 @% D8 m7 y: x' GWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& j, Z; B0 r* p6 L( e3 Q* o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ Z; p6 {2 w! j6 S8 T3 ^. e( t6 R: J; AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 Z8 U* E- f- e, r* k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.
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.
- V! L# ~6 i) q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。
3 G, N+ F* f  V! t2 u# ITalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
: o& r- z7 @( vDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. ?8 S0 Q; B4 t2 ^, rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, I$ j+ z  w+ yDo you write memos?
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？
! _2 d  ~: |: ?$ ^. D+ VWhat 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？
- i9 @6 o7 R( T9 x% j( {* NWhat 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？