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
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？
+ I5 d9 @, D7 I+ ]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.
) U6 S+ |) n9 i  E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. h; H% {+ [6 M* PAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* p  `6 l* R3 k: u, r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。
( y4 @5 J9 j9 f: \4 LI guess that counts too.
1 P3 ?) z0 |* I% h# {我想那很重要。
% Q  U  q# w3 l. f, dBut 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？
" e* I1 Z; m% a8 L. X; rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 i" D) u" f+ A% J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.
$ C5 v0 a3 p7 `6 h6 b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It'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?
# o) H/ T4 ]1 t- J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 b* y# d! V- @& s8 }5 |( OWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
. B9 m6 E! U5 P( X8 v: C: v" u7 `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。
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.
9 \. l) f: q8 K" z) H9 C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。
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.
" Q) @, Z) V! J  d! O' t# T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。
0 ~. [4 W; r8 R% o5 f3 V& DTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ O) j8 \# q% hIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
; B1 k6 Z  J  r它是一种遥远的记忆？
) M* ]: {9 ]( g3 A9 kDid 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?
1 X! \6 j- V1 @# A" B6 q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" i( |- L7 I4 O6 [& L% o, GDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" A6 b4 p- I5 L/ S* y1 v; l9 K5 @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？