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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 W3 @$ r% C  S9 N+ Z, J6 ^! T# T有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
# W* z) v- Q% V你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 e8 E1 C9 S+ n' b/ z2 Y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! [" Y- d8 `% F( L5 `2 b+ EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& G7 I5 N# c6 J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。
; {( K7 ?4 b9 H  e/ HWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. P! o* i8 G/ d5 x; |' n哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 d: ?2 T3 S) T  q9 ?* I2 H4 sThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
, S+ H6 |. v6 c我想那很重要。
  n& m% e; ^! s+ `# F% ?* ]% }But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 v2 S. ?" B' z# ]- g$ J  U5 r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？
3 n8 A# S+ D/ I9 z+ s' B) wAt 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。
. j  ^4 V8 g; V2 L, T0 qFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
  U. q; {0 V6 W$ C) R, D( J总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
9 B7 X: K, X$ ]! e, B$ q% D7 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 Z; i' Q/ E+ l( P; k: V) P% {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?
为什么我要结婚？
2 v# A/ p8 M( \  j! pIf 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。
( u, p! m0 b- e$ a" c! A5 pI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" i5 x% {. O0 l! }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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) U8 n4 E. a1 m* t4 z1 TWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 p/ u  ~& ]. q* L$ m" A6 L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.
- Y1 c8 B3 ^. X- J( z" {. z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.
' l. {' C4 d' u8 E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。
3 j& L/ F8 _- P. a' A3 STalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ l5 B, ?7 H/ P" n0 tIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 U- t0 ^# s; y* B* S, W3 I$ I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% i6 \9 }' O& \( C. H- a% FIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 C; n6 s# I, E8 S3 w) S$ c它是一种遥远的记忆？
% _$ C& E& @; e8 a# H6 q/ v$ Q" qDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# c( B% q7 k3 J# p$ \4 i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？
5 L; [9 m1 d# Q: N' v% K# aDo you write memos?
/ F; r" F+ n, v8 m7 @0 ?5 w: t8 u你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
What 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？
6 G. P) \4 l/ m3 Y& F8 X/ y6 O& o! _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
1 @+ T- m, t& n. p0 V你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？