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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 i: a3 N+ Y. V5 kHave 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.
0 J$ R! y: ~' G1 }我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* @$ P8 G; t- N. S- K6 v+ YAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 S4 n3 d2 ]  z8 Y. 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.
0 |* n0 F  w: D6 v7 ?9 F; `& I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
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?
- H2 p, Z9 c1 X3 ^% V0 G6 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？
4 ^8 q8 Y2 `4 M" x$ Z2 S8 z: aAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* d0 V& f6 i( ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
  U+ V: G5 S6 E3 T总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
; D# l$ z' E2 |& W. J) @6 B& g为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  ^0 `# j: _$ B. E0 g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 y4 n8 U5 H- y1 b! {. ZWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 U  V  T# M! [% EWhy did I get married?
- P: R. o' Z- ?7 k" e2 k# u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.
( A* g1 n3 a9 O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。
) ~+ E/ W  g$ \2 T- zI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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。
0 G. T% @* t8 s4 g, b1 T* FWe stop starting. We quit the club.
+ t' X4 ]2 f  ?% X/ H  ]7 ^7 \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
+ s' J0 b. m& C/ g2 x! \" e! g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- a2 @+ E4 Q7 D) UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& W3 {' p# ~! {* k5 X0 U6 L) f0 S, f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.
2 y/ X6 ]/ s' a$ Y- 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。
5 k' Y8 ^0 J- v, Q7 v) STalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ [* s, ?& l! m/ I1 [3 k* \0 g  m8 JIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 a2 F# ?1 W8 I1 L3 D, {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?
. C& x( e7 I) @/ F8 J它是一种遥远的记忆？
& p% P& n  U2 B# u# i' |6 {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  h6 F( b/ r4 @% Q( E, vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 }1 l5 k& o; c: Y- _: J  r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ E5 x. [; R9 s2 x/ ~Do you write memos?
" s- e( G0 ]( A  @6 K# ]你写备忘录吗？
: Z" E4 V  b% f/ `7 lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 _6 M( e& X6 m7 A: i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ [: R, p# O' |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( u' B3 Q2 D+ T+ c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？