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
- J, |4 o' E* Z( N5 c3 E! n4 oSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, q# q) r( P% O# W有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' ]- H0 ^: o/ k5 C" c) e9 V: l; aHave 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.
; g, ]' G6 D( s0 r: W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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, d5 w* @) }1 V; p3 p) {And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
9 o5 N, f% w" ]  P, v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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
! a  |' K0 U+ y, s" V9 }I guess that counts too.
* I5 X, B1 R$ s2 |; y3 |我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 W, d4 G7 l) F& C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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 t$ V, |& S! u) s) `& c1 H在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, W4 x; l2 m% ^+ J9 N: D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 l+ [2 u0 L: ?4 v" G1 ]. jIt'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?
% U$ U  R9 X# s. q, y% G% ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- r9 O& S4 I" oWhy did I join this club?
( w/ R2 L. m. s" a" V7 s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？
! ?% `5 z7 _+ n8 \* b$ _If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 T: E" l) D/ a( \5 ~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.
* R  n# D0 n% T0 V8 K" A1 p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.
' W0 {1 H" h; ~( o0 k- l% p我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 X, j4 p2 z/ p) f1 n1 r! N. \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。
, o( h4 R1 v4 j( z& E$ [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& Q- s" M9 Q1 t6 B& ?2 V0 ]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.
3 |( [9 X' ^" R5 l6 l& J. y谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* p9 k: H: n# c# oIs it a kind of distant memory?
, N, I# d) E# L3 H& \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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% p1 A8 g* o0 J1 [6 M" s% h* `% g你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
, [. w- E$ @' O& u% S/ |你写备忘录吗？
8 G) ]9 j8 k- V) yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) @0 d1 [6 i. v- E' r7 \+ b你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
" I% z  ~; I, h8 y& V! X& cWhat 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？
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？