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

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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。
  b# U  b  ^( `Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 t, x6 \6 H3 n" G4 `我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" a2 A8 F: f/ {2 S: qI 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.
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。
: `5 H0 C) ^: K+ U' ~% KWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  L/ p: [( x5 ZThat's a memory problem.
) m3 z1 b8 x9 U, b' ]这是一个记忆问题。
! y  o, M, Q+ [I guess that counts too.
' O5 X& ?# l( M/ M我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. I3 _- M) p( ^4 v$ k7 _0 }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？
6 V. b. i; r1 t) l3 sAt 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 M* w" Y' i' a0 N. t$ q3 E总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' b( _9 i8 f" o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) [# |6 u7 _9 \# V( d+ g) oWhy did I join this club?
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?
6 ]% ^5 K' E* D/ {为什么我要结婚？
, S1 X. G4 j" eIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ W- \# t$ e9 B) V# Q8 A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。
" T' c* C: D' V* R# GOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
* x* ]6 r8 |: i; `9 _5 d否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
+ H+ ~. e& c- a  _& ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. G# E1 g2 ]3 a) lWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- p  f. @" K# \& D: k我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; j( ^8 b' z9 M6 ZThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# l$ ]4 u. c3 ^, p$ [问为什么没什么问题。
  O( B8 q# X! u7 N+ _$ {: z( QIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) g" D+ f# B* z  B& z( y2 U& 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。
, h& U" ?4 i8 [6 e% s: VTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. p" h' b: r( Q) r/ a: S; S; J- [1 T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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ B; w. N' M* U0 V6 r6 s+ ^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?
6 [9 z0 j/ ~$ [6 \1 A你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, v$ F; U+ o( e" o5 r+ W4 E, Y# v& f你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
, q4 K0 s% d) A, N& ]9 ^/ ~4 M! VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: m& U6 P6 R- {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？