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

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; R) `' |2 {4 v. o% WSometimes 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?
- N* K- j8 R" Z: G你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
; \2 ]+ [  y: n. m8 V2 wI 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。
6 s# |3 A1 T4 h% [5 `' N* y( cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ B5 v0 m  r4 o% Q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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# y0 c- R% O% e9 n) X$ {8 `0 A: DThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# v/ @2 p, T* [" jI guess that counts too.
/ z0 c' g4 {# I% r. r" Y我想那很重要。
& T! J5 C! z9 n- m' b5 |! LBut 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。
It'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?
4 M9 {- o# o3 V, q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  U  p- g- c- a4 q& v3 k( T为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* D4 Q5 Q8 u. F; _# \Why 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。
I 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.
8 f+ }# E  C# H+ }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 C1 i& u% H  o* q7 J我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' V" p6 z; s' M& c# UWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
' Z* u) c$ Z9 x/ ?, R) \# qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! Q  N3 H5 f% p8 T/ f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：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
5 d/ t; d, [+ p  a: t2 v$ C" N它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ I0 l' f' Z0 P3 d1 ]" \) |3 fDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 Y) b; l3 h: f7 O% K5 Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 X$ U1 a5 A& A8 R0 z) ?; l. P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？
2 L) t! d2 x6 L- R. CDoes 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？
" Q% \2 M4 |; N; O9 xWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* _- ]. F3 t) j+ A6 E还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
  a* F, P8 M3 j3 j/ [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) J' C1 y* ~% y% w# e9 @: w你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？