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
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  K* d5 }: c* [8 `( m5 p2 N记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( E& V  E  u. P) G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？
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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) ?$ E8 `( v1 W/ MAnd 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。
2 W- O0 n6 J- VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 }' W1 `# L% ^7 w: ]1 v" _# o, o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
$ r7 d5 n2 n( m( H这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 f- V8 C4 N$ g- |' yBut 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？
+ I0 b4 v$ R/ T9 Y7 ~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.
4 r; B& X7 b, `. d5 O! G/ L对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
! X5 D" ^; F0 g" }" B总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' F& C( l0 p8 e7 L为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 L) r' }4 f- j! KWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! Z! t0 B- u% l6 R) M0 yIf 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。
6 _( @/ t7 Z! [/ YI 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.
. P# E5 Y% N  A  b否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. D+ j! L# X  k4 q2 g) I. Z0 dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
6 O( V7 t. `3 f! N* ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) s7 ~# v4 ~$ T: P1 AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( s( i% b+ i! _1 f  f( I$ Z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.
. f3 Q% B9 D# g/ C  ?问为什么没什么问题。
2 P  x' M, H) w% u; JIn 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。
9 D# B9 s5 l" S: P# Y$ k) xTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
0 {0 P: h5 U8 U. N8 O2 [; P7 M$ Z8 ~- @Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. l& K# O) v* w" A+ |4 @8 _你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 _" ^2 w# ~/ MIs it a kind of distant memory?
( e) o. S9 Y7 p它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' `5 e7 L; |* m# m( d1 |) `你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 G5 A+ f6 ^/ W& f1 u/ vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% x' F6 P9 |$ c  j2 B1 p. O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& h% W, g$ f4 a) `- X# GDo you write memos?
4 |/ T. y2 \, Q3 V8 I% X/ B6 _  n- T你写备忘录吗？
0 p: E% e& U8 e1 Q" HDoes 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？
" c( e8 `# }/ z! u5 qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: o# }1 I0 I3 S+ X  F5 U7 w) c还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
" o7 a$ @$ x( P" u: {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？