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
& X1 \0 q, |& C: W* k8 ASometimes 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。
+ m% j  H/ f: x5 P. o3 PHave 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.
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.
) M# g" X2 A& d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.
  g% b4 U. h$ C- \$ H3 U9 P" }, ~" j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.
/ e( x. x/ ?; ^% V; U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。
# t  L  }) ]' V/ T: P& iBut 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。
, N1 S* |/ V5 k- B2 y) N4 rFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! N& d  f* g8 a4 i: Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ l  U7 u# b# e& Y8 u) ?2 @8 pIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
( I- Y6 _% m2 R6 }: V  L6 S+ t# fWhy did I start to learn a language?
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？
/ w# {7 H0 u2 SWhy did I get married?
4 K! T2 ?% M) U! O/ ?6 i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.
1 H( A. M) z, s& h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.
( Y+ }# N7 r1 y& f4 H否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' y5 A% i( _5 R) AWe stop starting. We quit the club.
5 d- H) j; o2 ^% V- ]' Q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。
9 x' T7 ]' B  m5 KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
  U. s8 @6 d4 m& t" F2 C1 Y问为什么没什么问题。
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。
2 w- o, `% h: i( R  ~# ?. `Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
0 w! w2 i. T% f7 B" Z- mIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 B) T; R- Z& _# W7 m5 W你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 i+ j# l- E( d( VIs it a kind of distant memory?
) E: f$ D: c% J- V7 _4 g它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 w- y* u- c8 @4 j; O5 B# e+ h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 n$ D+ P% F' K4 BHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# K2 [) I/ j8 i, Q* u* O# q' `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, y! X4 \( f* `2 G& ]6 DDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
# [1 m4 ]2 A' ?' o" _* H* MDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( j+ \% Y  n/ c- l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?
2 |* e  b- }. e% i3 M2 g4 C" s7 k还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* Y- ^  J$ \% e  m( V. L3 \What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  t8 v& p, r9 ?/ W你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？