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
2 w+ b* \& u$ }7 V; j/ X% RSometimes 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。
9 m% Z7 V) N# G  A) F4 xHave 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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ _5 ]3 ~" k- c4 e0 j5 mAnd 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) c3 Y& W5 `, {& h& K* C7 ZThat's a memory problem.
" g) d9 w, ]$ I9 i; T( p这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
2 r" d* f* o9 J4 f% }, E* i& A我想那很重要。
/ A+ o! g' @& D  d% u6 OBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 y) c  |, Z' B  b1 E5 {# X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.
  \* s' G% g. D; o在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
1 h- n  Z$ p  H: `& `& @/ YFor 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。
" s7 Y- v+ O* G2 \8 W6 Q  \" }5 E3 MIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 m( F2 L( `8 E6 L总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ F6 e! ^3 [* k- n/ ^Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
! F" n0 L! z& w* t; I4 b: K* k为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" m% P& f; R7 ]: M% |) K1 v+ rWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ Z7 n. v$ o& D0 |! b# nWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: W+ A5 l7 c* IIf 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。
4 o  g) q/ k' q) K+ V! ^; xI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* {3 T. P, o% b3 h  KOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 ]$ T. A$ y2 ^% r3 n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。
' d" t" t7 p; G9 oWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) Q+ N8 n: v5 W# m! T: n我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' s9 O0 Y1 R4 U2 V' jThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- r% [1 z; [2 ]# c" y/ L6 _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。
$ w' G- B  K, y6 [- tTalk about it.
; s' L: o& S6 z8 O2 z- e3 \谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) f8 o1 U  ?, G0 J& I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?
* M$ R+ ?4 |5 [+ z# i; |) k% N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……
, B, g/ [( q8 wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, _0 c& e, j! ?  V" A& `; s2 G2 u4 e你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 N) W+ k- A) k# q* |/ [3 cDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 e* q$ P' C0 E/ ?1 I* g/ f/ }- ]你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
4 @+ D9 |& e- [" u1 q. D; ~* u5 qWhat 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?
/ z4 {3 L7 O+ _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？