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
( U$ Z2 n5 L2 U. u5 F& h8 u3 `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。
2 M# Y+ K- U, r$ X7 c+ k! lHave you ever done that?
) H# d: k1 J' t  d9 A3 j你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ f" f7 t  F& q7 l我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) u/ Z6 [2 }, _3 w/ iI 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。
: `( {$ O: j6 b; yAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ \  F1 E& |# f) `" T  I* t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。
! E! i0 O: N$ eWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" D5 k' J3 }7 [; t7 y4 j9 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 r# w+ D' N+ d5 S" t" g7 dThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
: V$ x3 \. l0 a9 L( ~我想那很重要。
But 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.
$ f* l. U) ?1 d: I+ ?0 e" l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.
- x& A4 E' K2 F对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 i  O6 U+ H( wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
6 f8 h1 G6 f: _  yWhy did I join this club?
4 o8 X. h; G7 {6 R为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: [1 e1 Y4 r7 \1 G/ l/ ZWhy my friend was this person?
; c. n; `( N9 Y* t* j! O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* Y+ k5 ]! r. U3 C+ ?0 \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.
( ]8 z4 Q, P$ \2 g' J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。
& j, G; G7 E9 H: H+ gI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 ^$ F  N4 T' r1 {" y  y: y) s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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 ^! E" P7 H/ j+ H0 K6 p! N$ q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。
In 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。
' A1 W1 c1 i6 r0 m& _; _Talk 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
; u2 L5 Y& F8 }# U( ~- p. M% RDid 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？
+ r+ B- V) ?  y* ^1 E# S& U  |Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. _  h+ U: o" Y) g1 _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？
% K6 s+ h# M$ N1 |0 M  F* ]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？