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

0 H' k! f$ @* L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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 o& K# Q4 L7 _0 V0 U0 ^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。
2 u. X. M! l3 x% j1 E5 AI 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。
: [8 ?; j2 }: }& {% M$ e( `  \' RWell, 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.
) r& Q9 V- |: b这是一个记忆问题。
( d4 f; g8 J- F7 ]7 p( ^I guess that counts too.
. ^5 W( ~4 Q  p  G! G4 W& a8 c6 U& r0 ?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？
+ [5 B3 d" u- V- X% ~) @At one point, there was a reason we do something.
- [: G2 [0 r5 J' C2 Q: H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.
: [+ N2 l  y- p! j9 m5 d* C- x对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ F/ a# }2 f2 w5 O- |: ^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？
3 _) m% F, K8 F/ L, o  v; nWhy 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。
8 ^7 z3 C) d' o4 x" WI think we need indeed remind us of why.
. [# o: ~# P$ \. F2 o3 d: W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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  J: }+ D- Z+ h+ ~& \8 G' N* {; kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 A' A4 C4 L: A# R6 p1 X0 G4 ^0 \我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# g- I7 j! x) C3 {2 y, ^6 E- o+ k# pThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
, |; M+ P5 B2 G6 w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。
3 Y; J, S$ C; V  B* W7 e. FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
  r! a1 s- K; H# n, S( wIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 A, ~/ y" f# O1 M' a0 D6 E1 M你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- ~: x. u* x6 }8 D9 `Is it a kind of distant memory?
% i) V& s/ n( \8 H' B' d$ y) _! \6 i它是一种遥远的记忆？
  e' w! b0 D2 EDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 M6 \7 y) Y% X0 O2 I. E6 i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 J0 s5 U1 d& S9 G2 U你写备忘录吗？
7 X; f" [4 Y; M0 `+ LDoes 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?
; `' ^$ E; D: v还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 ^0 S8 e) z, C3 Q/ o: zWhat 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？