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

记住我们为什么做某事
2 c( ~8 {  X& G. o* B% fSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 Y7 `# R+ S' t0 \& A% a+ u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
: \. A% |$ o) j% Y- L& I. PHave you ever done that?
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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 O% H7 Q, _3 I# _) W+ v3 d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.
; ?1 d) H% j  f3 p: {- d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
5 i0 ]3 \6 J- I3 P" @: b- A/ t这是一个记忆问题。
7 T. J( U* C( RI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( `! E" w: L9 b, y& d) ^' QBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
# r2 b5 l# B  E4 q, _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: M) f( E* w* ]. ^5 X+ A( I8 cFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
: h/ w5 f( ^  ]2 H对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) ^, d  |. i0 ]* ]& GIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 W8 j8 ^0 f; GWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- _; f1 S  N0 B7 S  O- xWhy did I join this club?
8 Y( F! D7 X( o: F" V. p8 r2 b6 ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 ~1 `0 G4 R- h- W7 s" BWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 Y; P1 `; m) LWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 L  d& T0 K, \7 D5 v9 ~6 s, QOr 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。
0 K7 ~3 _- |, Y( n# hWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* h8 V5 `) _! B2 Q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。
# l5 l: S! y0 ~% b. [3 fIn 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。
" \: h2 K* Y; a; V+ b6 zTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
2 J4 P) e$ E6 H! M- ?# TIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 s( H6 L4 O* @8 g1 q5 k你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! _8 C! {! S+ }$ Q3 P( U; f/ PIs 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?
3 x! e! u! U2 ^1 m) N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 I) F6 F2 B% a* N2 y. u% PDo you write memos?
. |& v+ M- D$ C2 ]- x0 t! J2 }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？
" f! s1 a* |) p6 n4 a, G1 RWhat 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？
3 m, c- n0 P  E# mWhat 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？