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.
) d' `7 n, I, x! M" ^& E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
! q; s* Z+ K4 h8 v( t' O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。
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。
! m4 M$ |3 [' f2 Q  W- _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- j% [( U3 |' A4 f* f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。
2 K5 x8 R5 R( a: `8 K' MWell, 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.
" m: _6 P1 K: Y! @8 B8 d/ v这是一个记忆问题。
1 A: [) v! L- w' T! R+ vI guess that counts too.
  h4 _# X2 G7 q4 c" b我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  c0 B' U/ b+ n+ W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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% c" @2 Q% Y9 ^$ A5 V7 AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' w+ p" Z! a" R& t6 ]总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
9 @! F/ x7 _* q$ f" V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？
$ [, }7 l( T' H9 BWhy my friend was this person?
3 i6 U  d+ i' Q( R为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% e* A0 p2 ?+ ]& O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.
3 y2 D: N% g0 u1 b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.
. s3 O3 b, Z( T3 ~& e5 B我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 R& Z- e0 M& N. @Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 l$ x( R7 j! |( ~: s8 N% k" i5 q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# [, b, q# B% r' W& k( t1 o& \+ EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& ]" Y' e# R' e4 L我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 @- Y& c" |5 b: V4 W& h8 ]4 }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ K5 ?7 }/ y* L$ h! d/ i3 \5 r0 {  gIn 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。
- p5 j  {  s, U. E( i; B" cTalk about it.
3 y+ n4 i) S0 c) l+ j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？
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?
2 K( p4 H5 l5 T4 o$ M7 S- [你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  F3 g: n( o% u5 YDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 S/ ^) I  s) A) C9 N9 b, G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？
/ A" g" _- a9 ?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？