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

  ^0 m( ?9 |" D8 g9 ]/ b0 T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?
! p0 o; G, h, ]0 _9 N2 z( [. F0 W: }你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, _8 }; G7 r8 x( C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ b$ }& h6 S6 s- \# o% E6 ZI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) [1 h8 A5 p3 G! L3 c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。
Well, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. ?  |, o: R* f5 X% i我想那很重要。
* X/ l& I: C- B5 z+ Z1 ]But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ B; C( A! R7 {( u0 X! T# \4 H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？
9 S* v5 j; f$ f. f, K  m: ^# f" ?3 j& y  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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
5 I, Y) S1 Y4 c7 v3 A/ {1 f对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 B9 S# {, V( U# XIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* V( m- p* E4 U# Q- K5 R总是可以问问自己为什么。
) W) w) D' R$ fWhy did I start to learn a language?
" i  ?1 ?* q* a/ W) {$ v& l" g为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why 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?
0 U& @9 ^; u1 `! @" `- f+ B为什么我要结婚？
5 `5 n1 _# K4 [# h$ A2 }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。
4 j( \- ^% _9 [5 c; _8 _% MI think we need indeed remind us of why.
2 I! w. l" O/ r# Z8 o1 W, i' Y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% Z4 c  q+ G  M  G/ F# m6 vOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% K, \2 p# `7 z$ G; Q4 OWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ U% t* C3 C$ p. d2 JWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
7 V* M$ L) @! ^* W- AIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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。
+ A% o8 K. [- mTalk about it.
! i9 Y# t3 I* m7 o' q0 T+ d3 l3 u2 v" X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？
, M! u+ N5 z# w' JIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 G% S9 }4 i5 x- W7 ]" M& b" r1 @; J它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 O1 A$ m. Z8 n7 P! F& B( k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 M" p/ X$ _4 c0 D! M4 k0 E你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 K: Q; `) |7 r; F- q你写备忘录吗？
7 x$ H3 `  X( V% s# }' I$ R1 pDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- M- G6 I' ^9 g# D. Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 `  ]1 a, b, S  b8 g/ x1 @% DWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
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？