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.
, x! r- y. R+ W  E( c9 d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
8 I1 j  s% Y* _" @% Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
, c& L* M7 i! ^5 Z6 }( g1 _I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ i2 B. G# _4 }' ]" T' r' X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.
4 T. H/ {+ M2 a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.
( P+ Y/ B: e+ `! d8 m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.
( Y& v6 `% H1 @8 f! g3 h. H; y" \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 u% n8 ~! N$ [4 {5 C  YThat's a memory problem.
! z; w/ J: G0 H9 t- q4 a这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ m3 g; u- G0 ^8 s, c我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  ^6 {& ]! ~, }9 q2 y. K/ ~! z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？
- N. @1 r( J+ d/ zAt 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。
' Q! I% C  b' A/ w3 vIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 }" C3 x+ M# {7 ^" ^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？
* j# w9 S( x4 p4 z9 G  i# kWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# K9 u# Y7 F3 j* Y3 U; b) l" s  [3 CWhy my friend was this person?
- p) Z" x6 l# K1 o" n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。
) S) V/ P! v8 N8 X' g8 f9 ^Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 Z8 F+ t/ a  Z  f/ g我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 z2 W6 ^* l7 `7 M2 k我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  X% m; _# p7 yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' @3 y2 Y- a; r. }# V问为什么没什么问题。
& g3 H5 F, d3 V8 mIn 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.
- I0 f2 _2 S1 |2 |- N谈论下面的话题：
; X* _2 V& ?3 P1 d5 fIs 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？
& K. [; e5 n$ H9 N' E) kIs it a kind of distant memory?
% _' m, G( h' A' K! |  B& [1 B0 b它是一种遥远的记忆？
- O' ^5 z* ]6 \1 Q! cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
  p' E$ {+ D( z; b* U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) Q2 b' W( p, k& S4 ^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？
' ~( {' \+ @+ y3 t# B* Z1 YDoes 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？
2 p# d3 i3 K% u! ?. j. ]/ ?  w1 r+ kWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 d* q1 r+ E5 u- C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？