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

/ X6 }! s: S9 j# D0 Q1 M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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& w9 u$ N; M8 ]" i( KI'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.
5 A$ i4 v( O" G% b2 L. |! T$ q- ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 R) l5 l2 W: w& JAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 g  d: u9 Q1 F# H. p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.
# p( I6 K; a) m9 `' c% P! ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 k) f. p3 K9 D- M1 g我想那很重要。
0 L/ @; C. }# M* U9 T: y' wBut 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？
# W- [- z* w9 N. s' NAt 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。
! V9 f" H6 @% t) W' m! n' U! 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。
3 {2 j! `5 I' [. c3 [: RWhy did I start to learn a language?
! n- \+ o) i/ s0 G为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% f- w# z/ r& o4 }$ m" J8 mWhy did I join this club?
; Z1 I  G; {" L4 e% P8 M) Q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why 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？
' O$ Y$ a0 P: `2 t( _# g/ PIf 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.
6 X+ F) u6 I: u$ |我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  Q4 g$ H4 K2 b/ T$ Q; h7 t% qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
4 o# b  s* A! j3 P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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- a* H* S7 G6 G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.
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.
+ L$ V/ M1 |) C2 @! h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.
" W4 {. C% J3 c1 _5 f2 m' D; w4 S8 k谈论下面的话题：
* ^# @) D" S9 Z8 q9 G3 A8 FIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; B# ^' u0 b0 T. Q3 w* g, F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?
4 T4 f: j, E* l; i1 ?它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 ~" _( a, t0 }& A' u7 k! r' xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
& r0 K$ ]% z7 F+ ~, |( }Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% C  P' P" r3 D8 |% L# s& l/ ^4 {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- l0 I/ i4 r; L) k' P0 yWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: r0 T; p3 j9 P' f6 a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？