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.
, n3 I. @7 W) c4 R有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ S' d9 X( m. b7 \0 X+ iHave you ever done that?
/ U0 ?6 a. v5 d6 f你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 @6 p2 c) n: K% |4 c4 z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。
4 p/ D' }0 r) w/ XAnd 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。
( j/ v' F; f. H; `Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) Z4 q0 M9 h8 F4 g0 b0 `0 P5 I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。
% q' Y4 }' Q# J, u9 p5 X# x5 c6 ~I guess that counts too.
5 g% O( u$ _+ C) l9 [我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: }+ _# `: q& w- D; ?! S  q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？
) M. f' k( ?4 N4 G  |. f6 ^) wAt 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.
: q' O+ _1 E9 Y2 f5 t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。
  D. I# z; c3 T" @  g0 ZWhy did I start to learn a language?
* U( s9 I5 m8 v& l. y7 G' m" `8 L! F为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% }5 Q6 U  T! f5 n. O, D( zWhy did I join this club?
+ x  y9 Q$ T* z- ~) H+ X为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 J# j6 r1 ]6 N2 g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.
  a1 ^8 F7 j' N& j2 I& T5 [我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' X0 _, V, V# n: E* |We stop starting. We quit the club.
* ]; q% ~& g+ G$ ?: T8 B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 y  U4 X* D& V, V, d2 }We 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
* n3 ^% ?- W: n: O6 K问为什么没什么问题。
# _: W" I2 u; [/ }' X; rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ b, u$ {! x3 \! g; T2 t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。
5 t2 |9 y, [( Z3 W+ U" oTalk about it.
! ^: h4 G- Z) q- j6 {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？
# }; i6 H+ O/ {/ {, R6 ^6 vIs it a kind of distant memory?
0 B$ C) W% ^  Y% ?0 s它是一种遥远的记忆？
) Q; i3 F2 ~( e5 a: UDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* I5 }' E4 T  B- Y" ?9 D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？
( F6 @) n8 j0 M$ o# wDo you write memos?
% z2 l1 [* Q: Q0 W" \) {& k6 U你写备忘录吗？
& s' H! G! ^4 dDoes 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？
7 c" _. P5 X* P1 A% Z0 Y+ MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! b7 q1 N  r4 A还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& p2 G3 U0 g. Y7 i# T1 |What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ P8 Q0 q# }5 G: o9 u/ b你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？