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

9 e* u, b. Y' {+ `* D9 f# t记住我们为什么做某事
' x% }- H- ^" Z7 H# wSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* ?2 i# W0 c% E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.
+ G0 o) B. H, w/ Z, C: |我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; ?) b, E4 C8 J& x' SI 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.
5 Z6 g% I( M% V: q4 A4 T' [9 k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.
# z" [) S+ j& i4 d  Q8 [+ A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
( }  U% F$ l# T1 E, r; L- T, VThat's a memory problem.
7 w, R& X' W3 d/ X这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
" d, x$ i0 X/ W+ Q, H' EBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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.
3 z  n0 ]  c$ g. s- c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 n/ g2 _) L1 o' ?* u+ T& r, T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ W3 r$ J' h  v  Y; [Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 _* D8 v- H$ n- N( Y8 d2 nWhy did I join this club?
( |: P+ Y  t: ~# z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
! b/ V, v  I8 R0 S& g7 z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.
2 n. L) C  d/ M- g# b" ]2 W8 B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。
8 S5 f! O4 I" a/ FI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- a, n) c" i  j% U& i) x' c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.
8 b; I  x' A8 R, P' e, o+ `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 a6 Y' A. o  OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
% I" n" s1 b0 i& R; U+ g3 i# P& m4 _$ {问为什么没什么问题。
4 ^- e/ s. E8 G' cIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, K( v  O( p; r- o) k6 Z) 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。
$ R# ^" f& u. E  k2 j3 M/ tTalk 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
& K/ v3 V+ `. y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……
$ g' z7 g5 _! p$ B  d* yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% D: `% U+ ^# y  V  I( C, LDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ i) }( B; n6 s! ^: x% ]/ j- lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: V1 z' `; Q5 `你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
# }5 k: T% c# MWhat 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？