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
8 X5 D/ [, ^+ y9 H* ]; r( U; fSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# J) m7 [* }" i# D6 R& r  u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？
8 k# Z2 \' B# q* B1 oI'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。
7 i5 s: X5 u4 E5 cI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, y" g% G9 _9 \3 {* Z7 n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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
+ F) V8 d/ d, e" J3 D8 r4 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
( D7 r- y6 I0 h) gThat's a memory problem.
' X- ~0 q; G) G. R这是一个记忆问题。
9 i- A: C* j" I# G* aI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 E% t/ c" D3 b% [1 u2 l% \/ 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？
+ @3 s. [9 N' o, QAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
& W1 T; Z- E- q2 k$ D在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# |, N! ]- q8 K' s2 l: v4 }For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& s: {) H1 [  w2 S对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! ]2 n+ `+ z- \) K+ LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
% D2 ]6 E$ G, w! g" `) ^  WWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 c5 v/ Q( X) ~1 h+ a/ T' v# v为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; ~3 K6 S( N* @! }  y: @( t: EWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
& g/ Z8 v# m7 V2 ?! n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 d7 z' t& U1 d; K) s$ b, oWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 Q7 M0 S: D+ rIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
& j' |( ~, L  v; ^* M( d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。
1 V7 E4 e, y- C& Q9 X7 DWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, j* j( p* C9 r' u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.
问为什么没什么问题。
& U3 v9 l; c5 K* M% j6 uIn 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。
- R4 R0 V2 l& T: b$ s2 y. rTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ d* O* _8 y' R; p2 KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ d( l& w/ {- B# l8 L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?
9 ^' `- c7 K+ Q它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* Y8 ?) C( `- m7 ^4 r% \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?
你写备忘录吗？
6 u4 f7 c' Z5 J0 r% e& F% wDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: d/ A+ l: Y8 o7 C9 s你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
  o# _9 t: X% ?6 A# T# }* FWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, J' H$ N& l* \, C还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 O: l5 r- _* R! Z1 }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？