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

$ T1 o0 o% z) ~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。
: C! @  v8 g( S; T3 v: x! BHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& J/ Z9 |% ^. I6 a/ a7 ?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。
7 u6 t* X( k! x4 D4 i2 g+ p, b% uI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 T1 k3 V9 j4 [# h) w; k/ Y+ V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。
7 o* c( C5 [0 ?$ }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。
) y% R: X3 Y: e6 jThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ T9 H5 T  q" f9 Z2 s1 K/ u6 ~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.
2 [$ E/ t( ]% [5 G8 _( w  I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.
/ M- [! t6 I, L! v: I; v: T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ L& h7 z2 p8 j% e$ iIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 s$ u, Q1 Q" y5 }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?
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？
Why did I get married?
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。
I 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。
' S. R2 a- p# O- ^; `. d. e* @We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 a% C( k9 j0 X, A3 e+ B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。
" u$ F$ Z" M/ yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
4 L+ X; Q9 w+ a) g4 j) y* {2 o7 U3 MIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
+ T1 _+ R* p. t4 X- P- L$ \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。
4 {# \8 U; I1 i2 [, N* `: b" f& n( aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
% N, d3 n7 [  n7 m% |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？
6 H8 {/ x7 |( }! KDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& `6 a5 L; E1 O5 `1 Q* z  h% d你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- H% j7 [+ V( D  A" y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ ?- c/ b1 O; T& }Do you write memos?
0 B* F6 f7 w8 X9 D你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, j+ }8 [% Q, H  \( s/ |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？
( j& m2 y2 K, A( Z; Q' MWhat 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？