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
% i4 A9 K9 A2 P( p8 nSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( M  q% d7 i" V+ R: ?- A  G5 \1 L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% w+ s7 Y  `7 q- Q4 VHave 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.
" |& k9 o$ o/ g- F9 H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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 o6 ]. u" S6 g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.
2 I- d7 L* t" o) O( I这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
# S9 r, y) K! O我想那很重要。
2 I. |8 g/ F9 Y# g" G# kBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. Z2 s" N5 K7 U) G) h8 k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.
0 l. N2 V/ e8 y' i2 @& b在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! t" o' M: S4 n+ A4 yFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- `5 {7 {. {) q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 s; R% s* @5 G3 z5 J, c+ JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  }1 p+ U* r( A# N: p+ fWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ N1 U2 I/ x3 h) b* b2 b, R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 p7 |: G3 ~( R" qWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) |2 o; @1 W; h8 `$ X4 |* o为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
8 J( b! ?! b6 |& AIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; }9 g4 x) R3 X; ]3 P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.
' b6 `$ b- l& ?; a+ Y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。
3 E6 J2 m& C5 e% \$ z$ c4 k5 sWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' c+ y7 D% t; w$ \% p* p! z. l- _6 [We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 W/ I1 u* l4 |6 M6 F我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- N. Y# a9 B, L+ m! D0 CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
  W6 C* g6 ?" B8 zIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  e' e2 ?: B$ D  [* G( Y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：
% e4 G/ g% Y5 x5 hIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
/ X" }1 w9 {4 O2 O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……
) P6 D; \* Z, RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
% s4 p- O" k6 N  [' l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？
3 }8 R2 a$ T) F% |. O1 U( wWhat 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？