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
3 ^; s- B% x. G! l* ESometimes 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？
& c) l+ m9 i: I0 xI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- O2 Z5 Y) z5 N5 L' m" p2 l7 n我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 g% T1 Z4 e/ D0 a! o4 FI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, N* w0 A8 k/ b8 r) z5 n我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' S+ C1 K# h* e& rAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 Y) i6 o! {4 k# Q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。
% S3 I! C: Q" u7 o; E% IWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 y5 z8 E# ?8 D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
6 L9 a' j3 z4 J% K5 v. I) \That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
0 `. c( Y* ~% t0 e  c& y# `7 z6 ^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？
At 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.
4 a7 V: z8 r/ m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 Q; b; j  o. i3 W1 [( @& CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* _0 }  @6 B7 r+ K总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. n; M/ ]8 U% w' H; I4 F; H为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) O. P$ [  i( p3 a% v: |: F- b; zWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 k$ h* `' f' U! f6 I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
9 I) Z3 P1 @6 Y3 F, {" I! S. \3 y) xIf 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。
* z% D' o% T  ^3 ?$ N% z6 N; x8 u% YI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ ^- w- G0 p, u* h( i2 [/ e我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 `& n, q0 l' SOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' K: B! H% h7 K9 p' Z$ @" t" v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.
9 E' S2 m7 C3 z) W0 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
0 _3 ~$ ?6 t6 U8 h2 c6 a1 gIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& M  W4 m) `' m: o0 \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。
; i' S$ b& A+ x2 r2 O6 bTalk about it.
. t! H- b; q; }4 h谈论下面的话题：
% \& d  j. H( D# eIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, N: V% c8 m& \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?
" i' x! y# G' c# A) h9 L% M它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 s& O' g) Y$ E/ }/ t5 S( c& L- j你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How 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?
* w! @4 @4 z2 L1 z你写备忘录吗？
+ q! K0 C/ V' x. ~, T& f- N* `Does 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 U' H! `2 i: F" z0 t$ g* C还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) M6 Q5 f, S: A# f0 |What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
# ~$ X) c1 R6 @0 G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？