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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. g- V5 P& J. h3 {# K  V9 e3 o有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
( R- l, V; f) m你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ y$ p' f! z5 Y) q, N7 M4 wI'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。
. D) x" |7 [0 |3 n  D. MI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ j6 m' H2 B+ y6 q0 ~0 Q: ]: g1 p$ b我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
8 x, o: {1 S: p0 i8 H3 PAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ _& l+ @) T1 \; Q- E. ?) T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。
; ~9 `' L. u4 i: s+ `3 I% U+ k$ eWell, 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。
% H5 J; K. b+ x5 `That's a memory problem.
) s6 U: ?# Y# o$ E$ k/ ?' V这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 W- i/ F( |9 R* gBut 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.
/ x/ F8 Q( e: X' U5 v( l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.
6 h1 r6 {/ g4 I$ I* c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* v  I) {8 n: K; t& kIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
& q* u) z6 H, a% W" I' DWhy did I start to learn a language?
' |! R9 H5 g8 f- H+ K0 V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?
! J. ]' G) Y9 L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.
' N  G! n! l- ~& k* T3 B  A0 D$ ^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。
/ |2 @; w' Q0 G- dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* d* ^* k! i2 \" rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
( l0 s# p+ e& O5 c; UWe stop starting. We quit the club.
9 s. F! K& S- O: A" K8 w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。
: G8 m% N$ V: z% {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
9 K* W  U  N4 U# ]! V' r+ w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。
Talk about it.
( J. Q7 G( c+ }( y谈论下面的话题：
4 [6 `' V/ \9 C* [% Y& E- AIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 W/ m8 T; c7 h' h" b' U( R- A你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% X5 F$ a( b, u8 r% gIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 H& F( X. a  x5 A/ v: J7 w& E' s  B  F它是一种遥远的记忆？
, {" R+ ~7 Z( A; Q& [4 k' `% j: lDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# s4 |5 o  L$ F0 ]7 J# i- ]1 o/ w( i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？
, e: s  z: M, {5 c0 TDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
3 X$ v& P7 q. b( ?$ e# s4 x* u) SWhat 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?
1 g# x* B2 [0 G0 j! w! h你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？