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.
& l8 I6 B1 M' }0 K" P有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( A5 K* a! J6 n$ [  WHave you ever done that?
6 R% o+ L1 D9 r- j0 T: ~: I你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  Q, |2 I5 E# J5 D7 h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。
  G. [% B9 E8 v* KWell, 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.
我想那很重要。
4 A5 I+ s9 Y3 C0 LBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. z8 }3 D. }6 F! t) j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.
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 n% [6 D0 ~7 w; a/ g  k' f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？
Why did I join this club?
' ?! j/ d2 [" ?# H5 `) F0 O为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- w7 ^) f2 N! Z. k- N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。
3 r6 S5 `0 S/ E* x8 V( f3 O1 k$ [) x  OI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 `3 _8 |+ ^9 [# W* S# bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ m6 Z9 W' q& a  H/ TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
% `1 c$ A  R. ~8 |% P0 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 N2 H9 u# Z6 J, p$ Z. S2 h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 ^1 [1 \' v: R! |# K: N# |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
5 N: \3 f2 q, q; m7 B' s# G问为什么没什么问题。
7 u+ p* A' j( U+ SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
' K, F7 l8 J8 A! _( r* Y+ `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。
% p) X  c$ C7 U- L4 @Talk about it.
. _8 n1 ~: s9 h9 }) m' _3 L( [谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 z+ W3 U9 m8 h) A0 g. ~你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* ?7 h" ?% o' }1 r$ ^2 H# \Is it a kind of distant memory?
" G/ x! D! H  E$ }8 @9 _) s, _& q它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 ~% S9 w$ n- M, E5 ^. \Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 I* ]: N/ F, L* k* k1 D7 ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& [  g) d2 v& A2 f9 g. \, k+ @& HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& V0 I5 F+ }! @Do you write memos?
% {5 l4 e; {7 p8 O5 D7 g& x0 E你写备忘录吗？
- F( _) e* F* w. p7 IDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 b4 }8 y0 G5 K7 k. O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?
! w: c* b$ f' o  y8 c+ t/ I' l还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: K+ `8 H2 Q" P% }% y/ Y2 ]$ ^What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: \' h5 Q5 a0 l/ G* }. G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？