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

1 ?& y+ v6 e! K记住我们为什么做某事
$ }7 u8 ^7 _# S- I& XSometimes 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。
Have 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.
: X6 j# q( M' u' \% M( G我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
* u8 z# Y, l7 B* O4 |; i" _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。
+ C* ^, d# Z  V7 [( OAnd 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。
9 p. P7 T) d/ B" c% A; H- D% dWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# Z( N' ?! J1 I+ h6 }1 p+ c哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! @1 p/ c& H+ w+ F/ OThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 [+ o7 i* u" G) Y6 f0 N% L- qI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ `& B6 {2 r# X- P$ _% 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？
, R( d' L. Y8 P( pAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* e3 e" f1 s5 {0 J( M1 A在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
2 w* H: w: V$ Z) w: CFor 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。
5 B4 v6 i! L2 [3 D; K3 kIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
) F5 A/ b) ]/ k" r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% w6 o4 m* x" x' {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.
: {0 W$ b+ A5 m4 |" C/ Q5 X- I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。
- O$ `8 h/ S5 nI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 e! ^& u/ H% N, J" eOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& s9 X8 m  |; C8 {6 \6 j否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( u7 O3 P7 y! q6 J8 h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 N" R9 S+ A' A, M+ KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 O; ]$ }2 ^" O  `/ T问为什么没什么问题。
, k8 y& P& Z# pIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 x7 l0 F' Y! [; W/ K% z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。
9 |4 l) J& \4 J+ P. mTalk about it.
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？
& s3 S+ W. s7 G0 O2 e4 oIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 {" Q9 X8 U" @# p* j6 `# R- ]. FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ Z2 |8 F7 h' |/ H9 j& H$ d你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 _0 P9 }. u) H- lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( d3 @8 S$ N, m: d6 b5 b& {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？
' n2 g0 l: [3 }7 k" `: d2 yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 U8 b8 D& H* V7 M  Z) z* h1 ?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?
+ t# ]) m8 u6 F. k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？