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.
; o; K3 j7 K# @; t, i. b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
! \1 T# ^: O; t& e. C! s) [你曾有过这种经历吗？
' t% b' X5 t2 Q4 {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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 ]- R4 i( h" N# Q7 f" S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' r+ \; R( P9 w7 @2 q0 A2 GAnd 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。
; D; ^* u1 B# Z" Q0 m- g1 ?: s/ K, B# GWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. |9 Y3 E$ W% f" ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( O* X3 O6 R" a0 d0 [这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
: O9 W. `) u. w+ |At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  J& }; A- c. R在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& r3 h0 i' p! E1 `) C& I. Y  ]$ gFor 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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 N; m/ L& A) m" g& m1 x! DWhy did I join this club?
# c1 |1 L% I0 i8 x( A% `$ H. z9 s* P# X为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ o7 s5 t( u. [% fWhy 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- b' k& }, L: U! V% \4 H9 GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
* ~+ `  i. f$ c* G6 S8 |我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ o6 d( S5 m  `: ^& ]8 N$ SOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ g+ Z( ]7 M8 t, |! R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。
# ]. J# L( `8 P" zWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 ^  @/ Y1 T. j( J7 B7 o我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% @/ M" H% a/ L6 P/ g5 mThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& g( _7 d8 x' g6 y5 |: j% i" K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.
& T8 x- |! S! `谈论下面的话题：
$ x) A8 n$ L) L( C. l& }# qIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ {* j6 a- W" E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?
( b# u9 f: q: e% M它是一种遥远的记忆？
& R2 d& t* y$ i# `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
% q/ r7 y6 b0 T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 B3 H4 v/ u2 |( N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？
' e$ G" @, B1 l& Q$ V- \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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ X4 S7 S+ f9 ^" U( m# K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?
  ]6 |! w$ {, {; v+ j: i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？