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

5 f* @# _0 {+ B; A& [' y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?
, j, [! C7 p# N/ N; N你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
) d% [" x& q$ c) C* \# ~4 o2 Y) ?( a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。
" G: Y: W, s7 R( K; C7 a1 |  NWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: k* X8 @; q. I+ E$ O哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
- u6 I) C8 V' b# }+ `1 |7 e6 J( y这是一个记忆问题。
8 c% o+ R/ U5 u( O8 x* F' dI guess that counts too.
: L4 F( f8 \( @. K" L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？
! d# I& T) j5 q0 t& EAt 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。
/ Y; i4 t  h: x% D6 Z9 `  `# S/ DFor 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。
6 N1 Y4 y6 @( S" m# \' H$ {7 @0 PIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 s- z* F) _8 l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？
Why did I join this club?
3 ~5 E5 w, C) Y, J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？
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。
9 o& g, p! O0 B2 r& m  {3 s0 rI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ i3 ]# u+ L4 J2 \我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 M& O6 T8 I3 N4 s  qOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 e. d, y9 q- F7 ~2 o' YWe 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。
5 J7 X& Q2 r! b2 L" oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
% M/ q, v$ g1 r/ P  [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& Y; ]% X" F: }9 q( P+ c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。
! v6 `" F) X# y- p' m% Q9 ^Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
( w$ R1 R- f6 z7 rIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ d% S9 |; V- `( s9 O+ T5 uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* B1 W- u0 z% |( L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 o( {. m4 j: b. Z5 G" O$ WHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" x- ~& Z; }3 {( R9 }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？
* s! g* z1 ?! nDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; q7 g1 n' V: [' P1 f! W, v9 p你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
; {7 G' Q9 C" W6 JWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 p1 p7 L5 V  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?
0 U6 i6 f7 ]0 \" |4 r" ?你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？