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
; ?  T1 Q  [: d1 O9 E4 sSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ \/ D% \8 N. r( O7 `有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
* L* _+ k! ?* [/ ?" E, i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。
/ F$ Z5 `) L. P# P% H: J* F; aI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 J( V2 G6 [4 g( t4 ~0 M+ J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。
, W% b0 k+ Q: D& 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.
/ _4 u" B' n. d9 v$ D这是一个记忆问题。
( p0 ^6 F: X8 p5 _2 c! BI 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？
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。
/ G9 _: N* h/ Q( L; Y4 HFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- n9 S, Q" V$ a' g3 X# C- J对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, f" d2 R, L/ X  t# HIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" E0 K& S( u/ {4 i7 ?, wWhy did I start to learn a language?
* z7 j7 h& u: h1 y( l为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 A$ a6 R) V6 s4 c6 k, DWhy did I join this club?
2 `! L* f5 C% r3 |; ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% o, C& y) W" ~  a4 {! B% jWhy my friend was this person?
/ W2 V8 S, s' y0 s2 u; ]) T# D为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
* j6 t1 ^9 Z% h5 @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.
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。
$ M7 \$ L6 s% D1 h: H: d$ d% oI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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。
1 p% x( e: {9 d1 F, ~We 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.
) z0 U3 M4 d7 @+ T* h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。
# x0 M/ D4 E6 b6 i; Y+ o0 p0 UIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 _" l2 I6 y  ]6 v6 T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：
# u; e7 \/ v3 _6 J7 Y; W5 UIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# s) O. x0 u6 U, Y2 O. a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？
- y' F. H3 k# h! w! \4 T8 NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# J- L. x4 _/ _% K' c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 R5 ~# m, I2 Q2 W你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 G& ?) U' `5 M/ j- kDo you write memos?
  ?# D4 Y3 `- D* O, x: \6 T你写备忘录吗？
. @4 w. d; [5 F# g) L8 Q: o( c( SDoes 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?
4 n/ ]+ A* d4 K( }+ x还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) c) d. L$ y0 ^/ ]5 i" RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: [; D* G& N9 H" ]3 H/ C, j( z. m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？