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
) c9 P0 j8 A% m/ E5 O3 B- d, F+ dSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 ?4 z  M8 @, b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 Q$ \9 d" w5 m4 q- zHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 W! d+ y/ t, _9 nI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# ^' V% A+ C$ p8 bAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 @$ l$ P3 H6 w' j1 l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。
- s4 V( ?! o2 E3 d  }; F/ uWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 |0 z- R" O$ F: i# M  K8 q9 S哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
# _. ~( c/ p- m5 i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？
3 N3 }: @+ B: g$ ^4 ?% sAt 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。
3 W# {. t# S& e- TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  k+ D$ ?3 m/ G9 U总是可以问问自己为什么。
' s7 R7 p* S+ c( g5 IWhy did I start to learn a language?
* ~) A# p2 V& t* S为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 m: w# E" L/ @2 MWhy did I join this club?
2 n. j% l# _* C' P% X: O0 ?为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 A) F# c) M& K8 K* F, E- fWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 _2 b' J) `) t# G5 \( ?Why did I get married?
. R4 Q2 y( y) _8 `3 H$ G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。
1 _' J9 y; [, P" g+ F% CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
& h8 k8 b$ y+ o* Q# t3 x$ v我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 |+ p- L+ P: H- yOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
! {4 r9 R6 R0 E7 `, v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) |: b) Q* \9 XWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 ?0 A0 m/ k2 @$ U3 w/ a& k) {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.
2 ]0 U% j: N) A% s3 |) R问为什么没什么问题。
3 W0 k7 V5 H( cIn 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。
9 N" i1 O: X8 j2 A% R; \* LTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
) ]$ v, a8 s/ R. z% rIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ J" R8 p7 q% @你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 J5 S( P* j' a+ s. S2 KIs it a kind of distant memory?
) U& \& `' J- Z它是一种遥远的记忆？
; r; ^* z. K7 [# n$ l) sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
! _( X5 Y& T* R' s5 H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% |3 L  M; o( ]& Z. {: Q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？
  C8 N& o: i3 j8 L- d$ zDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- o, c2 e0 w1 k- }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- s9 y- j* E' F! pWhat 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？
8 L5 b' B) X! Z, ~What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. Y! A* m3 O7 m4 e8 B% W" O1 [+ Q% u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？