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

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! R* C" N  L& j6 `7 ^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。
Have you ever done that?
( a8 `/ Y. F- \! U2 ]你曾有过这种经历吗？
) _8 y& X3 Y) Y* VI'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。
. {. ]6 E* e7 l4 j3 ]8 z; \I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
7 e7 d2 D: |) [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 u+ {- T/ E" XAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( X5 V9 k  W: T* ]2 T+ W4 C2 ~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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ |' Q. e  y8 s7 PI guess that counts too.
. b" G3 r8 ~+ S, `; S9 {/ Q我想那很重要。
' T" K5 k, s& J  \7 mBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 g; r. \3 t* v# I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？
$ o; ~. T% X" q4 H- `At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  y! b& k8 X: [9 F- z) a& b8 A9 u在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 |' K& ]4 B! Z3 R6 jFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 E; N. g# T. i, c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( {" E, `. u3 Z$ x8 \; [4 H总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 Q: M7 I/ c" C4 T' H# d: n' G  x: T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  h1 g4 ]3 P  cWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& Q9 ~3 U+ A4 gWhy did I get married?
# D- S: H0 f/ N. m' T为什么我要结婚？
9 e2 x  q: q1 N0 F6 nIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
3 ^7 L3 X  m+ `1 X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。
I 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.
( Z! j/ G0 v# n1 a8 r否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% D' P6 x$ {$ t5 Q7 |9 M3 j$ nWe 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。
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。
/ j* B! G4 V- o& w6 l, i) D/ ZTalk 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？
6 \+ @/ j/ e$ W0 l: RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 D* p" c, q# x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! J+ S; r6 ^: k  a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 T, `7 C  V3 ?$ fDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
0 L- L3 {; [4 m) \' v* }# X# lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, y+ C& F" I( X; 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？
8 _# c' p# t2 p+ B5 D, yWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 l7 }7 r4 r7 ^0 b# P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?
+ Z% Y  G, o6 P- [8 M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？