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

& i' ^& K9 Q* I, w记住我们为什么做某事
$ v: o2 H/ r% z" L( G& y( ISometimes 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？
% h2 t8 d' g5 X7 Z$ Z2 u) O0 qI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 W0 C- V1 T, N" f我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
4 s( Q) M! z# l7 BI 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。
5 s7 E( `5 U8 S9 }And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 \9 ?+ ^3 [' ]  o3 `, E. i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。
+ }' O! e6 T7 e! X7 J# @Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
* Z$ K. i3 s  |, Q8 G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.
我想那很重要。
: Y# C. \8 T: r. M( t1 q. yBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ y- U( F& b# 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？
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.
* q2 d1 N) z" t, y) ~. d对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 F3 I2 W% L3 r+ NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* [( p" u6 \8 X7 J% J6 I, \# y% G总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
( Z# t2 Y  f+ z1 O& S! K4 d0 n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？
, d8 f; Y% n3 x; d5 AWhy 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.
$ u) ~( S; a! g5 C- D1 o7 U1 ?& n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。
Or 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.
2 X' S' ?. d8 ~1 q* y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. J  }) H1 ~* l/ s) k" nWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. v7 T1 l3 N) d2 e5 B我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; M+ |* Y8 j8 Q9 A+ X4 Z+ A& ^5 EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
: H5 r$ _2 J, H  s7 A7 _In 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。
) m, c4 b: a- l4 Z) x  iTalk about it.
/ b$ j. d  K, _" s" ~谈论下面的话题：
8 O& M6 n+ X, S0 H4 a/ fIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 P+ K2 f$ `) M7 f: E你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 L/ p* C+ D9 J5 o6 c; sIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" J1 |* v0 Z3 K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?
" c4 p' I8 t8 D0 j0 l你写备忘录吗？
& a& K* v  M$ o- M' wDoes 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？
$ k# p, T: C# p  Q, k* BWhat 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？
& i$ M9 s4 F( u5 u9 I) `What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
" A1 W) x% E9 J& q) C8 P你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？