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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 M/ g! f6 a% Y5 n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ d& ]+ _$ _) f4 a: i( KHave 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.
4 [4 M! n, m3 L$ b* C: ~8 ^9 O我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
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。
; y/ U: t. X' l) Q2 ~  L' sWell, 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。
I guess that counts too.
+ ^; z5 p; I+ p我想那很重要。
8 m, h8 V8 S+ P# u4 i& @! P$ G9 ^But 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？
0 a- z8 Y, I) P9 @# S% j0 jAt 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 _: g& ?) p; ~: c% @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. f$ o- u' i7 ?) x9 s8 z$ YIt'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?
" i8 _$ S5 k+ Q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？
Why my friend was this person?
9 D3 A0 ]( g- Z! o为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* D" d( b1 `% c' dWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. }) ]: E) p- J+ {7 }If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! y$ R4 @3 C, t% j0 B, Y% i2 h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。
$ i5 \$ U$ R1 C! x0 _  s  HWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( V, x3 b1 B) SWe 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.
: Z6 l: ?) p8 X9 W7 G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.
4 @8 ]6 K+ d/ |8 y# g6 w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 k9 n6 O5 }6 hTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 ~( C, T+ ]9 h0 B! R4 B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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did 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?
9 g2 `, p1 S/ Z5 G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
/ w' u/ c# a, a! i' s你写备忘录吗？
5 W. p' `  W2 G+ a8 [- I# nDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. j0 v" E4 r  w: I; Z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
% f* Q1 i  r2 F+ X$ p( CWhat 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？