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

+ \; c! d& A" j: H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。
. R# b. J- ^' B1 s8 W' @Have you ever done that?
- ^6 P7 W' |8 p& v/ V7 s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 }( X9 k/ b  v, P4 kI 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。
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。
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。
* ~; K6 j; O8 a. t5 h7 n) ^That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& N+ h* ?$ s# W8 bI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: a' v3 z; l" g' LBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 w' Y: u5 T) J2 w* V9 q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？
6 {9 E$ N6 Z5 h/ q. \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.
4 k1 T0 ]* f( W: Y8 W. n# M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 d7 H9 x! D% D总是可以问问自己为什么。
' x7 X( R: c8 U$ r. L0 @2 sWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ X" C7 v7 W( {: w- n  w9 b为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
/ }) A( r, M. D6 k8 `$ C为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ u8 @8 G0 Y# IWhy 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？
6 C' ~- E+ B) e3 g9 A) ]. _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) G- n( q) ^7 [2 H/ PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
$ D) a4 B' Z% Q8 H% V6 N$ o& K3 l8 d4 X我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. R( M* O; y0 x8 {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
( [2 F. i- i& E2 O; h否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# J7 j, W% C( \) J+ yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. U1 e7 q- c& G! k2 i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.
( m4 B9 ^6 X& ^; n+ N. Y- @# q* h/ p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.
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：
; |; [' X2 X2 V+ b. n, x$ H/ SIs 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( S: s( f+ Y' \1 Y  b- mIs it a kind of distant memory?
' C7 m+ X. _. v5 _! Q' h5 \它是一种遥远的记忆？
, \) |3 i" g+ z- f- _Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 t& s. d0 M/ j' b) f# E3 ]9 y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  L# j( x, R# ^# @" _How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 W0 q) v5 g/ C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 S3 p" [" V6 t0 Z/ a1 O  a% XDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( F$ l) V5 K% I+ y% S, y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？
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？