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

8 I& g# k! c2 b# l* ]0 j& i/ x# D1 s" x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。
! X2 I$ c9 i/ j4 a6 J$ |" ~6 g- ~9 EHave you ever done that?
# ]' n' o; ]: H# |2 J7 N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。
0 f7 U7 y( S& E% _7 J  l; ^* qI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 V- r" B& y& R我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 Q, E. q2 u0 e9 K& ZAnd 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 \: y" q$ F: s" N: |; S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？
+ O9 ~- o$ T1 ZAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, s7 m: c6 |: \! q2 r8 q6 _7 F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.
4 Y. ?5 ~& o$ X3 n  Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; r7 e3 ?3 L3 p1 c  r6 C5 d6 f总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# w% T' i+ v3 L, p0 a% T7 e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？
' i2 \& i9 `; r5 W! fWhy 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。
! G/ s8 v0 h9 s; L$ gI 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。
* R6 c3 v3 l, `1 N$ @# D3 eWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, }2 n7 H& v$ R1 O! ?- N. n# y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.
1 f$ }0 G' H! P- Q1 x7 K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.
+ q, L$ v- H. Z" [% I8 j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。
8 S" _, I! \5 X, ]( G0 UTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) X' u- b& j* @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?
2 B+ O" l# s- y它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 q5 O; ~9 A0 ?. T! [: h$ H# wDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 y4 W0 }- `) Q# j& V4 a4 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- n6 e7 u4 n' t0 E9 lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 j% S$ q, b+ b+ `* Y) L8 Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: [, l; P- X. W. i" `, m& O" {$ q你写备忘录吗？
8 h9 Z' Q" V9 l. K9 ^/ @$ M2 _  }Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; y8 `$ I! b  e4 z* X你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: D0 N' o( w( y1 |9 d, J; zWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 H" H! I9 \- x* f* C还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 ~+ ]: ~) j* p& v# e6 u8 tWhat 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？