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

* Q5 U" V  U0 J& ~* ~  G( R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。
2 x) e! |# e* S* MHave you ever done that?
% y. e; J. s* s$ h1 U# U你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ |' p& `4 I/ ^5 M$ S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.
# X$ V; D; G, w7 G+ f2 B1 H! M我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. U" }4 d, L8 `/ h6 ?& `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.
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。
& S$ d8 D' M- y( `I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
) r) h$ b( m7 s0 S  sBut 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.
- O. p) h; {3 _% m在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" b1 {  I% ~0 v( D! _$ x# wFor 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。
) l3 Y; A3 N* H$ {; Y: QIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" A2 a3 T- d3 V2 e# O. L7 N. |Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- U; ^8 {( ]$ l* EWhy did I join this club?
% q% l. {  p& w# v为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' Q8 X. r% c- [3 l( uWhy 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？
$ Y  D& B' H+ p6 b4 A& p) s7 {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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, L$ L1 T' N4 }- [4 oWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: F3 \/ G; U" W- KWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 @3 X/ D9 P) i4 Z' H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.
& Y# `4 q% p4 g/ t8 u& g, s8 ]问为什么没什么问题。
0 H( y/ d, ]0 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
2 {; p; W. N1 n. h2 y8 ZIs 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？
, D$ V# j& {( `3 WIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
, q4 F& N+ b3 HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  c5 \9 U8 z; u6 _/ M" ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( S& G1 c3 t( _2 ]' d5 qDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ N8 E; c" j4 X3 b  U; qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 e' N1 A7 W8 r! [  I3 {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 i& l  V; m: V3 Z( H, WWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
8 r6 X" @2 f; U5 h' F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？