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

3 v0 o8 n2 h! ?  N记住我们为什么做某事
* Q, B( h1 }5 b0 O; w2 U: bSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 Q7 S4 I" C. i9 D$ J6 R8 {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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, G5 s& R! g, e8 N, i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.
# F8 T8 ~! q2 N9 l6 [' d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 }5 |' C* l* w1 H/ D" bThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
, f, [: o  W: X4 F! B- HI guess that counts too.
' N" h0 m5 W! s6 V4 u1 V2 A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？
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。
2 _- h+ m; m6 u7 V* p! }2 |( ~It's always could to ask ourselves why.
! F# Z$ S2 E5 P  c  ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 {/ L+ l; w' kWhy did I start to learn a language?
+ u6 w* Z1 f" \) W5 x$ ?1 \4 ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' @8 \+ X# H. G) Y8 G# mWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) V: a" y6 [% k% E) V4 IWhy my friend was this person?
; R& r0 T- r' j, u; q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
2 M5 S; _# J3 _; B+ }' h为什么我要结婚？
* k1 I# G4 }# ]) i+ lIf 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.
4 z5 u! x; ?8 t9 ^8 P" B; T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& ]6 t  O9 u/ x2 \  i+ c0 iOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  d$ d" o( ^- [7 A0 oWe stop starting. We quit the club.
: I, q. D+ K) {( T, O# X9 w我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; a: q7 s3 i- F3 iWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
4 _0 ^9 B: D* M  z$ H. W! ~. \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.
3 N3 a6 r& s$ V6 f1 d! w% w: Q问为什么没什么问题。
8 Z3 c* D9 p7 DIn 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：
# f5 B# g' D% c" @% N* i/ u; VIs 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？
* m; X$ }5 ]* H% I2 nIs 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……
, d" g( O" L' b  w7 yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
) ~8 H* O& E+ {4 ZDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. @% D# k8 R! |1 U) i8 e还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 a  ^' N/ D! mWhat 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？