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
" H4 U& V( X2 w) A/ i" JSometimes 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。
: c) A) V; N, j2 f1 D7 o( yHave 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.
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.
7 u1 ^1 ^1 m2 Y! ~+ o我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) {! r9 l! C9 q& g4 t2 f! {/ QAnd 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
* U1 p& V+ Y0 j. ]  p/ Y: }2 y, x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 g8 K& ]1 ~! D这是一个记忆问题。
. z2 @9 Z! d+ |# Q. W% oI guess that counts too.
' z( }+ m+ {, v9 N" u) t" w我想那很重要。
9 H+ U/ X- J* G) F* w1 F0 gBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% q+ R$ L3 T+ W2 S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？
2 m5 r6 m9 ~/ IAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 @3 T3 u) Q4 y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 A8 L6 V! Q; C" G- QFor 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.
# H6 Y# H9 D' e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？
* |+ P$ @$ _( xWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 t* d$ @$ p. O& T4 N( _Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) ]: J; j+ L) Q4 ^( o# c$ h' JWhy did I get married?
. h: Q/ r* {- |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。
: t& o( r9 c/ }I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 K- b! E9 [" t3 _; e. \, \Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! {7 C2 ?  \  a& M! n6 JWe 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.
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.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ h! S8 C/ b9 o) C. pIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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：
' q$ x2 Q' _+ A3 DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ f3 C, N6 l* D# s. Z: r1 g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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
: g. e0 I( g; E" C5 \Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How 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?
  S' k, m2 M1 S# E7 F' |3 b' {% ]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？
7 n  ~" v8 f8 I" k/ E# jWhat 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？
! M0 y9 b3 f5 h1 u4 Z# U+ _! s3 PWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  o% }! w9 W+ K( e$ h1 d: A* h你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？