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

0 G0 j8 s; O# z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。
. ^: w$ [" K8 z, v0 _  T# G  b2 z5 }Have you ever done that?
( k" Q7 O" m+ y! K8 {  I$ V4 z" J5 R你曾有过这种经历吗？
, |5 u$ Q& ^! jI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) @5 ~4 B$ Y) w" o" r- J5 }3 z! J5 g" R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.
7 K1 Q/ C  I' O2 n& b  [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.
( t8 ?2 Q0 A1 p1 j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。
0 l3 \2 I# l+ [; OWell, 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.
7 p9 R+ x4 c2 L5 r, |% E; M7 |: Q我想那很重要。
% j% ~4 a$ L# lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! ]- ~- t+ n4 L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.
4 s( S6 o: J" |: C; l对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* Y' A% b( W- l2 p" }7 ^It's always could to ask ourselves why.
" y/ e( }# _3 `总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& ], i$ X3 N/ Y7 ~: m( p5 VWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* C8 v+ ^% h( i* p. r0 V+ W. [( RWhy 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？
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。
  ^4 T( |- W7 u- N3 KI think we need indeed remind us of why.
! W3 k* z2 ?4 ^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。
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。
( n4 L6 `% ^, x8 yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
3 C* G8 l0 T# N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.
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 @# r1 \* @' R: R9 M5 ^. DTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
; U; h% v0 t5 g( H5 DIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 k+ q, Q0 m# U3 ~4 g它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
  k, i4 \' ]6 P/ T6 @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- _( E) Y% n* z8 m, fHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 O5 i# K3 B- A5 \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 c) l' p+ A( B: tDo you write memos?
% Y7 q2 X$ {1 m你写备忘录吗？
) _$ }$ d. b5 L& k' wDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: v2 a6 \7 o) @9 N: j你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 x9 t, [, x3 O6 a0 u* }What 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？