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

$ B$ ~- {! N  d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。
, Y) ?# d6 m) EHave you ever done that?
* K; B/ k* x$ P- u1 e你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 e- E, f0 i% c/ X4 c; XI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- a! {  `* d/ o+ f8 g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.
( c6 E) b* P" m) |我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ z  n/ S; k1 t4 @1 ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
3 y; ^4 s& q$ L; r5 _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?
* w$ z& H/ N4 W5 U3 k( N  ]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？
1 q+ d! m! L+ }: G4 U  y, P1 S( K: K" uAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
( y8 d/ z! E4 F5 N6 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.
9 @. B6 H" s; t- P# P9 L# B8 J" l. 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.
- l/ f. y; |# K0 ], e3 y& X总是可以问问自己为什么。
) z, s7 E( v- c2 d  D' _% c( eWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 U) }  x$ s7 C3 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？
/ C1 ^% Q: T6 t* m2 F% DWhy my friend was this person?
7 s3 F3 o/ L( {% Z! _' ~为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 C- }/ k% ?2 j. vWhy 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.
& n& D$ \8 W# ]! e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。
* ^0 d* t! W8 d7 }' a8 ]  V  ?We stop starting. We quit the club.
' A6 U: `. I+ G4 O7 W) R我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. @7 P4 X1 D) HWe 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。
6 I# z0 f- z2 tThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
' A1 m1 [# N5 G$ b( p0 k* XIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
* w) j- @9 e( o6 K7 E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。
- V( \# d' m( l4 m$ A( g4 eTalk 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？
; j* e# c$ O% M# IIs it a kind of distant memory?
- Q2 n: _9 S5 M# C5 i3 O它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ k5 A2 i& M' `+ J" p5 B* L2 Z$ q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 c% a/ S/ s2 `) {# B! DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! @/ g$ A! q1 z$ ]' p. W你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! V2 e* R1 e. f  yDo you write memos?
' n! ]( a' Y3 z3 t* T% ~, j6 ~2 v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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 A! x* y6 N3 m6 \6 N5 d; I' C- m& }还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
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？