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.
' |; R; v4 O$ m! N. Z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
2 Q3 _9 Z; J4 X( M7 f: K  h/ o% y/ ?你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 o3 K1 l9 K# {# @4 KI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  c! Z* l6 x- u- V) B' M9 l9 M8 u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.
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.
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.
* m; V7 ~% t6 T. n& R哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ R& O* J( A  A' }7 E+ A2 EThat's a memory problem.
  ~" ?7 I; F- K. _1 s这是一个记忆问题。
+ S2 i4 `# N: M0 z, _& m2 c9 n; dI guess that counts too.
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.
5 c  v( @' N, n5 N' G& k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! v) `2 ^# L5 j' KFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 i$ a3 I6 j2 X: a+ k0 @Why did I start to learn a language?
9 }! T/ I, ^7 U; M5 B为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
9 a5 M- j" S/ R& R( l* e& m为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( S" q. Y; O+ @- B/ o; CWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
; i0 |: ^. l$ k% x% p8 B; H5 _If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
( u+ m$ f; U: N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。
- I0 r: c" d% l+ zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
) h) m3 I8 a2 D# _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。
, [/ e* L) M+ Q' }8 r3 UWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 W3 y  @, f2 O0 S% k, Q6 ^2 N0 q% T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.
5 D2 R4 v% L2 {& O. o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。
% s. u2 ]! q( {" r6 O( YTalk about it.
6 P3 w1 {7 m( [2 U7 d谈论下面的话题：
+ L2 ^" U! a. [- i% @: lIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 T5 F% N7 q4 _* F6 u8 l# Q; R8 F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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# o8 a3 U5 m* B' wHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
/ n* x, `6 ^0 `7 x+ ^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？
" Q$ ~9 Y5 ^4 sWhat 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？