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

  T. s- h2 e, a8 l, r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。
" R, Y5 D' v/ B* }1 F6 GHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 O1 o; m' [  d  {/ }3 e2 W) j3 o3 qI'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。
6 ?+ {3 k4 j0 P  e* w4 b0 BI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% ^7 o9 p3 y/ v( k) ~) V2 V我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 C  N0 `1 v) bAnd 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。
/ X$ E; k! [5 E# FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
! W# _6 |9 i4 K" X' Y3 C  T哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
* o- G2 U* K0 i. ?1 V这是一个记忆问题。
% d8 H  [4 b+ dI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 i2 _, i* G" S& JBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 J/ o* q, x- [4 u& f8 \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？
( o& Z3 j6 Z: a- G8 R. i7 `At one point, there was a reason we do something.
, f# s+ n, Y$ e* Q5 |* p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 Y' s; }/ q8 s1 p; J9 o! A+ u5 tFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 @% N" I) J" s: I7 a4 C% H+ F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。
Why 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?
- w: Y" B0 w2 m+ a- |为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- g8 u  _9 B9 u2 D$ `* U1 A- M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 ^  c' H. q- V8 zIf 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.
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.
+ Q% Z2 {- H7 b1 a: H/ C* y1 Z7 z) q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; ?* h4 I: K( @3 qWe 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.
8 k" C0 Q. L( i* Q5 l问为什么没什么问题。
. [' {2 F, d+ _* VIn 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。
4 F4 Q; O- _7 `  A, u2 _Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 {: |  e9 \; U/ n1 b" F5 ^你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% |, _' ^, e# h) E6 BIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 e% [0 C, ^  a% K0 u/ D4 t! M它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 t' a* f% B* [: F! R* G5 [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 c- U* }' ~9 c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 G' s7 v; |( I- X" ^- Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
0 g5 w& F+ M& c7 T你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  f: @' |, T" f+ h! E% g# \2 e你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
3 _3 H& ^3 ~! w, `What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( u* W7 S6 d. E9 z3 I( z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 {2 q- {5 N% F/ G$ Y  T. l  H0 gWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. t! v3 ^/ M4 n你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？