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

6 r. L% T( K8 w3 N& P记住我们为什么做某事
- a# f  y. U8 ~' aSometimes 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。
' f: Y2 {" S) I- ^8 G* }& D% THave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& ^3 Z8 X' @& \. u3 aI'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。
; c$ R0 N8 s9 yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 T, |" w* R5 d3 F5 B- O我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 @* F8 R6 N* v; ~) w! xAnd 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。
8 P5 c( H$ \" `* ~! p% c  GWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( {4 t, A, `1 E# Z( s6 l哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
; `- o5 x1 P5 S3 O, E- g% o/ LThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' q  o& g& E& rI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
) ]. H( q( C6 b. |; xBut 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。
$ y6 C6 s  r5 j) e  H# P6 bIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 r: f/ }- [& ^6 ^; B, c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？
6 C$ X) ]% h5 Q( ]3 c' EWhy did I join this club?
- n; {0 y6 ^$ Z  V+ @" Z* ~2 Y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) o6 e+ G8 p& s8 A/ o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.
+ W- h+ ]7 {5 }; x4 ?8 D- R4 s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, _% D  f9 w$ h( wWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" F% z1 |7 p$ N( g) [' lWe 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。
; {& w$ W* I% ]" ?, f) a' j. M5 O* \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
+ \8 U7 Y9 ^: s# L3 P/ M2 ?) UIn 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.
& K) L$ Z# r1 X& B) @8 i谈论下面的话题：
- F. q2 k1 [0 a" }" a( r! S- x4 f* RIs 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?
) b+ N2 r/ s7 I) K它是一种遥远的记忆？
8 D" V6 ~6 O( Z& e- tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
% S3 W# L3 }7 Q8 h8 G1 g$ \' {( w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( U( G8 t, ?- E- H4 r% _% K# }1 K& dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ X; M3 g* v+ i6 n9 {2 ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ L4 R5 h4 q6 |- X+ h$ l/ ~$ v8 H8 _; w. XDo you write memos?
3 f; G6 ]" l0 g( {4 Y7 G. R- o你写备忘录吗？
7 o' H+ h# @7 T* x* qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! ?* I" ~4 |% P2 k5 y7 ]$ X8 ]# [你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( e$ {# [8 d! }0 m7 dWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？