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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 T4 ]2 t6 @4 M+ i* ?3 v4 U有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 M. R' c2 V5 g# {9 F& |Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
# Q# e% i& ]7 M5 mI'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。
# M& s; H: C6 SI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 L) M" l8 O5 P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.
  A2 r$ V% b2 f, w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。
! K' k# i6 r/ X4 o1 S* oThat's a memory problem.
" s1 _- M. z& W9 m. \# P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?
" _, r" a6 a( U+ {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 r: d: V2 p0 i7 k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' ]$ D! m( H. s( z; UFor 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.
1 ^( N0 @( I, s8 L( E2 ^) M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？
4 o$ U9 h7 S5 N' a; y/ oWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, V3 g! b4 z, Q% R4 W+ q  Z1 p; u: h为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 j6 P8 P$ M, ?0 k$ A$ VWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 x: n5 u/ a- Q& W3 X1 s' f' eIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* B6 ?" u, d8 y7 R; U' P/ a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。
0 F- x! ~0 b6 a. c8 ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* ]; |9 [* i, G6 u2 @2 QOr 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.
1 ^7 b- t* F8 B' `& z; d$ G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  ?+ N/ `% q& q6 @0 O; p6 s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.
* [1 f4 R; [8 K2 L+ I0 t' u问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- W! ~3 C) e4 c: T/ l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：
8 b$ T/ ^# A6 h$ L  O( m8 w  PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; ?7 l6 k5 B( s你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! B- j3 v6 ~# E- I+ QIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( n: [# h; k- Z$ U$ l你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& s2 T* |+ Q2 Q2 W: uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 B' j' B5 {0 G4 C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ d8 l0 \& k7 `6 P9 V" L/ yDo you write memos?
- `. i- Y; K; z. K3 D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？
What 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？
: S- I! x$ q9 D2 ~3 T; b# Q/ ^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？