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
9 K3 A' ]+ P9 E/ L, @- X0 B5 h% SSometimes 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。
; C1 w! O' b+ _$ i6 fHave you ever done that?
1 Q! w; m; M, t6 L0 a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.
: Z7 e, p, b! o4 I! h  Q+ F) p我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* Y  V* v3 n& h, D3 @* p3 KAnd 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  N5 l) W6 a2 r  o0 e$ Y! rThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' I: N7 w& y! \& m: S( z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？
. n4 b  k' w  |: Q0 j1 n- M5 dAt 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。
% [6 G- h' ?  h+ Q0 @3 P6 i8 [For 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.
  _  a( B" ]4 p( C1 ^* D总是可以问问自己为什么。
; b8 s9 E4 r( z7 S9 r! l* kWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 C( C7 y! d( a为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
" g) U  [! [/ l: J4 f% b7 g" E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' {0 C  I" E3 p9 z8 eWhy 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？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ d0 G/ N! ]8 U3 Y, B& s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。
. @8 B# R5 u0 j+ q: y+ {4 CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- [) T# u8 j% w7 M5 N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.
; E  V$ D4 D$ u0 x5 T5 T否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
' B4 S) J% @5 N7 C) D- g* Q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( C" j- k6 j! H4 o" N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: j# W$ o8 `! d, j% w3 \' `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
' ~6 \: y' X! z问为什么没什么问题。
# ^; [; c2 h4 t% B! aIn 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。
$ `3 m. \" S& M$ M3 [& LTalk about it.
" J* \3 J: q2 j谈论下面的话题：
4 J  Y2 A5 }, RIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  d8 K: [" C, U7 ]5 y( X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?
- q/ I- N- v* u9 X3 P& g它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ J, @' m5 P1 H& O) `- RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% s" [7 }$ b0 i* @你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
) g$ Y9 S  t$ w* S" L1 G# q3 r4 d你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 [. @  H, u: F你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 L9 m# M8 r) F/ O9 bWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& L" f* k% M$ t" H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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？