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.
$ H7 H8 |! t  J% a2 r  }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？
  w. {5 T4 k5 Z* t6 ]5 D9 i/ X4 aI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ h1 Z0 r/ ?5 ^7 Q/ G( BAnd 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
7 n+ G& v( c$ B: o7 M$ \9 x( AI guess that counts too.
1 |; @  s  P. H# W: I+ f我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 O0 Q- f% G9 `5 K: \0 M2 O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.
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.
7 t7 t& k6 B0 p0 {+ C. n# d对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( f6 o* [5 f' @8 P$ K- S8 g6 t) }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- q1 r5 g3 j/ M0 h" N+ U总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 o7 ~" C: J& f- A+ T( cWhy did I start to learn a language?
- d# j1 o1 e9 A' U" I8 m) e为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% a! l/ S# x' PWhy did I join this club?
3 Q+ e) i- |$ F6 T! b' K为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
  U( h+ J: w" Z# g$ n  ?! ]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.
# G0 k) \  X, C' c/ A% i& A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.
2 j2 Z& S) o0 [3 G! Z2 x  y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
, a' r& D6 f  d7 H9 \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 N" E. a9 d* }4 |9 ~- [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。
5 l; v, q+ L# T9 a. a5 ]$ I+ ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
) b# b! z4 V( ]$ O5 {4 r问为什么没什么问题。
0 ~8 i& s, k5 RIn 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。
4 u' W* d) T% g* hTalk about it.
% ^) W# [0 B0 t0 u6 ~谈论下面的话题：
' M' I, p1 o% L+ V/ k, KIs 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?
) d/ `; q' \9 {" L它是一种遥远的记忆？
& l' P" z" |) n- E1 e2 kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# W* L0 j0 `* \% l, i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( g6 j* M  k4 V, GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- m4 Z4 [9 S. w) W1 K0 C! r; N0 O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
7 ]1 X  h. z1 B" F你写备忘录吗？
# ?1 O1 f# Y& L7 r1 VDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ }: p' H; M$ [你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 g+ l9 B, z6 u+ I  {What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
  S/ b* o( I+ o& s' @. P4 _/ C: {还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( I# G& @! O8 x! y6 TWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
" I; N/ Q0 l: J3 x! B7 A你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？