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

  v; y- Y  A0 |5 Y" f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。
; \6 d2 Q5 w4 Y+ E' y; \, E0 KHave you ever done that?
" m* G9 @* O+ s+ k/ B# K* A" N你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 D$ U! h& y" p2 \6 c我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ T0 s; x" U  u5 `, M2 r) M3 cI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! T, ^' R7 {+ @/ T( d  L+ H* Q" _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.
8 B* q; O/ `0 v, U! X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.
+ I7 C+ I8 }( q& F" c9 w哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 E' n, e- ~# U7 }% J  S5 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
2 C: }8 Z9 E7 k, w6 Q5 u/ ~& F& yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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？
7 @: ]) ?/ m4 V+ E* a  EAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
# W% ?( b1 }8 d* b/ ^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.
' x( M- O1 k7 T5 \  o) {/ B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。
1 @$ N% X' J+ ]# x: I0 I- y+ NWhy 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?
. Z/ R. d% p) c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？
Why did I get married?
( G6 f! K0 L* w; h% Q- Z" h为什么我要结婚？
: x5 B: p' v0 k0 |. N  r6 [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。
% V/ W4 Z  l7 B% wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ `; d/ b+ k& g8 l9 }, C& N9 }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.
1 Y  I( P$ N+ d- W# O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。
We 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.
( r# T$ r" s; a' T$ k9 q问为什么没什么问题。
5 U4 u9 I, s4 e8 j+ u) u; U9 X. B% gIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 l& T8 T; g9 \% a7 K/ \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.
& r1 o, k: N* n# R. d& v- H+ a1 }谈论下面的话题：
  k5 @# A! G3 L9 V/ YIs 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？
+ N- w: i! j/ {& w: |( |Is it a kind of distant memory?
1 n. p3 T. g( n1 b它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
) _0 R* b  j/ H: r: Z& x: W  a/ B% ?你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* }. ~% G/ Y4 s  `" w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! i& P# J$ R% @6 k: O# W" z! L, r你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
  Y. ~( i7 n* ]9 [$ |2 `% I3 g* {6 {What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ |( S4 @. Q& U( d+ c: w8 `1 Y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( u" d+ R0 H  k, o* K7 ~; L/ I6 JWhat 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？