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

: a  v' n& `1 I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。
/ `; C0 q% \- i7 o$ z+ j  XHave 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.
+ C: r& x) _5 Y) s3 Y* w3 ~, u我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ B4 f) p: A2 ^6 \7 MI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
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.
- Z. F* [6 P% t$ {, f3 e( c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 e3 Z. n, j4 C  _. [Well, 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.
0 b; E& V/ E7 h这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 P" ~; c! G$ h/ {' j( i7 u我想那很重要。
! `! s% \6 e/ w& e# ABut 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？
0 i% V: z0 g1 y# f2 [/ S; k/ j0 ?7 sAt 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。
- U2 B8 {8 e. N3 {8 wFor 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.
& d* j; ]/ l+ F: r; O9 t2 T总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 Z' S  M# Q9 B0 [$ uWhy 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？
( m4 G( X6 k6 P6 f+ `Why my friend was this person?
( C+ r0 K, B9 G8 |4 \/ r, G为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ K# b3 n: p4 y为什么我要结婚？
- _" ]; p9 K: B6 R. s" OIf 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。
0 x, P5 G7 Z' _" V2 b* o! n3 \* H# JOr 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.
+ `/ L- ^# g8 ^' [; q9 l% G# a& A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" g+ X, ?& M8 y" R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.
- K- F' l$ n; `0 T% Z, a+ V) o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.
" K( S: _! {  a' W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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 e. W: A2 T6 m5 _9 q! z3 K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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& w" A7 O8 ~% ?- d" XHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% q) Z# h1 D# g; P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 W8 a2 N' C3 g3 ^4 Q& l, D) D/ JDo you write memos?
, Y; U  P8 i1 f, ?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？
8 E3 v& h$ R; R+ x* M6 ~5 d! W# aWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, N& g( W2 t# [; z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?
- {5 m+ G! u$ C9 C$ R; j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？