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

$ N6 _- a# L) O& s: v1 r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。
Have you ever done that?
5 I5 z* C3 ]& z* W! c* l" h你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 F9 g; v; l& b% nI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, n# J' Z/ F# k; L3 u+ n我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" Y- W# U3 j2 T- x6 II have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( U) h& f8 f5 ^+ N  ?& V/ ~1 E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And 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。
/ H' _  {! \% b! n3 CWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" \6 E& h0 w4 l哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
$ V" A: V8 i5 a/ Z8 B# s这是一个记忆问题。
% i  C, y1 G+ k9 c! j" iI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: x) B3 o0 d3 T1 s- O% _: w  m& m- j' uBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, W- X: L7 o7 Z! X2 ]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.
0 A5 }* ]5 d3 Z4 g4 U4 ]. P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。
4 a& ]1 c6 n9 R6 S7 h/ u0 DIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 O% ]$ \. Y* a' {7 O总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
/ S! v9 i1 M% O: o) ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  J$ `( M# l7 y! h为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 D+ v  Q" e- m% D6 D0 bWhy my friend was this person?
* R# k5 `+ ^0 V) e+ L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' n7 E( I/ b+ {  f" y0 W, `! DWhy 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.
$ t* _. I& f0 l+ g我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( q* {" ]& G8 _+ M8 ~Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
: I) U' N/ L5 I  k4 O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。
0 T5 n1 z' u' V) nWe 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。
# h6 V0 R! A# C4 H. \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
  G" t  c9 h( ~8 X( i9 i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。
: l; T5 E( i! R8 h9 ZTalk about it.
0 V! D, |; U) {; E谈论下面的话题：
) i* D9 s. t6 aIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 k% O  _$ k' g6 F% Y, H( h  T1 A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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 t. h7 g; m# C  c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- D' Q! c- z# |* V9 d9 G% f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
# D4 T2 P- J! f, ~) K* F. r- R2 `你写备忘录吗？
+ a+ M% l6 A5 K* w! n; ?7 [Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 c: j0 \0 i9 k( m你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
9 k6 @  r* W0 T" L) \) x; R7 \+ h" oWhat 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 J' Q/ B0 |1 B* DWhat 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？