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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
, ]1 u; J! i) E' q) c) _; hHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 l9 G" |; g. S9 S( _& I7 {I'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。
/ z: N% o3 @: g, {! a; tI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- ?  F/ S! X) X* S# b3 e& {2 L我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 r# d' B% {' O! c6 QAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
, S' x* d: t2 p4 H/ r# bWell, 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.
( t) h  ?* z3 d' X2 B% H) ^2 W这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
5 V  y9 U. p' y1 T6 U" k; {/ S7 u) I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。
$ d! \4 ?( ?0 v6 s% fFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) [2 C; v7 Z0 `( G对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 a* i7 s2 e* a6 Q0 KIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
: U% d' d0 ^3 p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, I! R( D- i4 m. Q5 y) ~: ~Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 n, R# a" B6 l, x/ B. g6 KWhy my friend was this person?
" g, I3 g3 `- C& U为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. S1 j7 \5 d0 FWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
/ j3 l: J3 D: ]- B% 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。
- _- e) n! R6 D% wI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
! h+ M/ D- `3 ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ _( a+ L4 G( d, L5 r& |1 W1 M我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: U5 O. d$ F5 F4 i3 ]% J% T  C6 QThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' ~1 e0 ?3 S/ l$ f" B/ i. \: W/ M+ ?& f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.
; y- K1 K# 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。
3 \. K& W$ |4 j3 g: k) }) f$ GTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
3 H3 \( u$ R8 e6 R7 T  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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
) ~& ]$ K! u- b" j它是一种遥远的记忆？
% s4 P% `$ J2 L& e& ]* uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 c; p( l" i5 v你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
$ @! ?& {8 m* X" I2 M1 O- x: `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ M5 J$ D) O# }2 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ D, [; U; e: b' X+ QDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
' R+ A) V- l; `% |, }, V! pDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  g  E& U0 x) u! S& N$ d# }5 J; c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
" y9 i1 U/ t: wWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) P* s6 G9 ^! {0 S7 W9 ?3 a7 r还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# l) b8 W) _: p: e' Y, NWhat 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？