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.
0 I  u8 O7 |, K  b. `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？
, `; ~) ?$ Q% A& RI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( P. f* }7 f. tI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) B3 i% u) m! t! f' A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 i! W0 l+ \3 k. {& CWell, 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.
我想那很重要。
. K% m9 ?. r+ b0 H7 zBut 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。
5 u  `3 W& e  {8 o* TFor 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。
" }" Z# k7 X8 ZIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- b9 L3 i& A9 u- |9 ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
' K8 C: v, z' f) v; }& \1 AWhy did I start to learn a language?
( m5 G0 ^( w$ N- I0 R" N8 l; s; y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？
9 F. m8 [/ U  _% M9 ^- tWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, A2 k9 q: U- G( v* f, F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.
0 U, o5 A( Z4 F- n$ W) Y2 W2 A3 {我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 D- l$ {. q2 OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
) U# n2 f" P# u1 J+ z+ n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.
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.
9 g# e, Z7 [4 @$ q1 f0 z问为什么没什么问题。
5 A0 ]) ?* l+ S" DIn 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。
& E, @6 b, u& R, A2 H  sTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
* D% [) h8 d" P/ KIs 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？
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...
) D- k; x2 |& e0 i5 a- U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 W1 T) A! s$ J1 _5 g. U8 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
, P; d6 G1 L8 H% m8 M+ w你写备忘录吗？
5 L1 H: Z/ H5 f" O) WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 L6 Q, D% |+ ~5 t$ 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 s; A: O+ ]8 }3 W* ?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？