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

3 L$ I' k+ r0 W记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 J: t. T" f5 y% o  z4 h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, x4 n2 G1 |/ I5 w0 o+ @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。
9 l5 C( Y! |: l* a$ nI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 M% y4 {  N5 j5 H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.
  A. |8 j5 E$ i8 G/ [+ [. Q8 W. o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?
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？
$ Y( q& _; Q" d; {. NAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 l, j) k4 N/ M7 I8 I' W* s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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; `# y' L; q1 c4 V, G8 LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
  s# i9 H. S0 Q3 J/ r* k  j- _为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 z' F- p0 Q) b& cWhy did I join this club?
  d7 ~) x3 k$ @% P! g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, s& s0 k3 |" @) p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。
! b- p3 G/ h& I! M, a" UI 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.
( ^# [$ @, |9 Y1 ^1 G1 Y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ q, H/ _+ z& ~! y& ~( ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
) z& G5 y2 \0 i8 i3 ^/ S& N( L我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: s6 c- z6 e3 i3 |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, H2 @+ Y& X$ X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.
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.
6 }. r3 Q8 D+ K2 ]8 K谈论下面的话题：
* S1 I# X: ~9 f  SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 ~& p6 }$ Q2 J6 W+ A0 b6 Y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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 _& L) R) x2 l& O* v% i$ A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 l  \( o* Y1 X  \" K, nDo you write memos?
7 D0 P+ u4 ]3 o# i: I你写备忘录吗？
: l  D$ _. G0 ~5 c$ x8 K+ a' [# }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？
% O5 K7 ?3 ~$ J( PWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: O: W) e+ p; ], c& q- l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？