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。
/ m0 I( s8 ^- y% L: G, p) tHave you ever done that?
' W/ a  w3 c5 V8 G0 O* h5 N8 Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 K- a- [  J6 M7 q! ~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。
8 C' j: b) E7 Q) ^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。
* i& c2 d, K+ x6 O* Q# O( I+ ZWell, 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。
I guess that counts too.
; N. J& @; t& Z1 b我想那很重要。
3 R( j: V0 E% K* MBut 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.
1 z. \: i$ I1 ?7 z4 s5 X) d+ I在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" Q; v3 E: Y. W# X" oFor 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。
/ a0 ?$ ~3 X0 I6 g( X( a0 W) wWhy did I start to learn a language?
' C7 f# G- @" Z5 Q! X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？
Why my friend was this person?
  M6 x& \! c' z! o. Y为什么我的朋友是这个人？
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.
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.
, p# \% e3 x4 U) {1 H否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 y* K. a7 H( R( [; N- y! ]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.
( b6 t$ `3 C! X- L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.
- H& {5 [7 o! b  v( y5 m问为什么没什么问题。
$ z: s7 Z" z. b- t) k  y$ EIn 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 B* e6 S' _/ B& V* Y( k+ lTalk about it.
. t" ~4 |* [1 w/ L3 s) D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？
- v5 o  W# g9 y3 A! o0 ^0 zIs 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……
9 I5 u7 q, N4 g" d9 |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 w/ S& i! d3 A1 L2 e: R, k4 d  T你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ Z1 Y$ J0 P0 X8 Y' I: A# jDo you write memos?
0 @: n0 g$ j/ A& Y你写备忘录吗？
9 D/ l& ^" }8 M- kDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 S, u3 ]3 P: @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?
, v  ~* E; x) X! \, Y$ e, _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?
/ @' R" H- P/ N8 h8 o9 J: ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？