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
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; {: Y4 j2 U! K2 f# b9 [+ K记住我们为什么做某事
/ J9 C: C" w) u6 _0 }- r1 `9 gSometimes 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。
& d0 R- p6 U: Z5 UHave you ever done that?
* H/ ^% K* c0 W: _/ {( P1 E4 E; V你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 A" D) w  u* O, l* F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.
! o/ q0 Z2 ~, r. e: k我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, k3 ]) U! o" ?- b* U# K& tAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
  H8 R3 B# a. u1 {/ O: G7 c+ U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。
/ }# A1 c( g3 Q4 H& g0 R+ u& BWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: Q$ r9 i5 m" [9 ^4 e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。
: G$ _: ?* Y* V8 \) q$ FI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 _' G4 U% ~# h) {5 ^* t# b# \/ _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.
7 d3 }: k2 l+ d) X" @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.
8 R0 H. `5 v% \" N7 e/ w) D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
* H% L# s; }  R1 u$ O4 `% F总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ z; \+ |% C. j2 r# s' GWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ m3 o! h; e2 f# o4 k' F! e. `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% |1 x" a" ^6 U2 p; z4 eWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 R3 P4 x' K6 }2 bWhy 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.
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。
, d* l0 E1 F9 R- i, T7 l! CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' Z* l: A8 o- t  h1 J我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 r& R) o" E; m' lOr 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.
8 Y  Y% N0 {! R我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- w* p# h1 Q% E* [4 J& Y: _3 p我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
" H/ J  U) Z7 l5 S2 sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
4 S0 o" r6 ?! y& o- ]In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 U+ `, j$ h1 U9 d2 ^* O; u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。
% A3 {% O" m) Z, |/ E1 @! QTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 \4 h# J1 x/ U2 G  d. Y% w; v% _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？
# ^4 P& L) L) E' p7 O9 s! LIs it a kind of distant memory?
, U1 }- W9 ^) P( X' y4 f它是一种遥远的记忆？
& C3 p& j) O0 L, zDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ [) S7 [/ G- E8 J2 |; o你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  G( ~* w. z9 A' UHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) r  w- J: |. Y# m6 U. c7 y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ {. G% S2 s6 c$ e0 BDo you write memos?
2 g3 P, a  z% F3 {* E! L8 {  }你写备忘录吗？
% |- @: `% j/ ?1 |7 n' k' B8 o! yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& I! I( k" w. H6 T( x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?
9 x* x% p! l! U& C) v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？