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

: j9 B9 K% j; P5 [& a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。
Have you ever done that?
8 b" |. `* M( j0 G/ e! G" k你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 {5 C" O1 e0 O/ P" hI'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。
& ~3 V; k, Q' q: F" o" [And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- n2 c: O% z  m: e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。
- P3 ]" ]4 X, Y9 E" ZWell, 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。
+ P# P5 a$ g: q* s9 E( z3 b- M4 f) sThat's a memory problem.
% r! y' }, z. v" K$ i这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# u6 ~3 v8 T# F( X8 j. i! l) _6 b6 IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& `9 r3 W2 g1 l& _/ t5 y7 |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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" G* G/ P* \0 ], V$ w- Y9 ^; N% QWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' q- a. R1 q9 l! Z4 K, m! W5 EWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 B  r$ \; n+ E3 ]: eWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
( x' G- k5 @' O2 H1 kIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 h. x, S& U( u% b+ q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.
0 z& y8 x2 Z( a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 X) s8 f; a' m* F0 ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' O/ h' W% E* {5 [& PWe 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。
8 O, X/ H6 `9 W8 W& N4 v# wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
! H$ B' q' P! v7 E' `9 o' H问为什么没什么问题。
8 d- O3 {6 [7 Z; \: r8 L% x/ gIn 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。
- W: Z9 [$ L5 g+ oTalk about it.
! @2 [" p% p/ l! y" }( }谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 Q) H/ e* p  i, s' h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...
9 K9 m  T( R6 Y1 l9 K  V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. R" I1 T3 |; g# P0 N% yDo you write memos?
% a% j! F) z" x4 F# i+ L) @你写备忘录吗？
' ~* d* Z7 K1 u5 FDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! e9 H3 v" O  U, X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 P0 a3 {; O, Q, X) v- g- \What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) P  w1 f4 g& }% n( s1 u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？