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。
5 o# S1 N* T: Y2 uHave you ever done that?
! t( f# d! A, A6 a0 d$ e你曾有过这种经历吗？
% Z* v1 H: s& d2 TI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! [( N) Y  p( s( x& V. Y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.
& D% a7 }: W3 A" l3 u" R我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
% u( X, _, e# X* V" s6 ?" t+ gAnd 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.
0 i5 T4 }# m2 e. R) |. P哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ k# b4 k- {6 }4 Z+ n. `That's a memory problem.
) K7 ?) v2 k4 b3 k/ Y/ i这是一个记忆问题。
- l9 m( q( ^0 u1 C' ?6 rI guess that counts too.
1 S0 T2 n, }. f& M) n' k我想那很重要。
; B6 w6 r$ Z$ G9 h3 RBut 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.
5 h1 _. v1 Z  i& `& n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。
5 R; F8 ^: M, ]! uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; m% L8 _- Y; Y* ~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？
Why did I join this club?
' |1 o2 z. B5 X为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ I8 h  T# i! Z3 t4 g( n# B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ N7 h) W5 A7 ^Why did I get married?
) y/ Y+ J/ n0 ~为什么我要结婚？
' a  n, @2 P, e9 X1 u, Y' r; ZIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 j- B( w( O- E1 W2 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。
& K; H+ q& D" Q) }- |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ [. f0 m' p% Z9 P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.
8 B( J' g  o: C/ G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。
, ]# @, L7 ?/ q& I+ ZWe 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.
, i$ Z9 s- F0 k9 @' d2 J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.
  P) \% j. D" C0 d+ c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 c: m3 J- m9 {  tTalk about it.
3 C8 p+ |$ d+ P/ D- \: _谈论下面的话题：
) b) C  [; W  S& Y- q2 RIs 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？
# P- m. h; {* r% {9 n2 KIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 S, O2 Z2 j1 g7 L& k/ ?' M: q它是一种遥远的记忆？
# D; k3 [0 C+ b/ F1 SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; R& z; G; O% ?' d( u" B4 L7 |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 {# L4 f0 X3 l9 E; }& K+ B( RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 j& r' @8 U) T% v3 Z* w  ODo you write memos?
% v) {- ~0 P% f+ _5 ~  j0 w你写备忘录吗？
0 O/ V* H7 W& P1 xDoes 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?
: W7 o* l' \* ^# b  O% W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？