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.
- S+ C- W' s2 M- G  c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
) k; U: ]& `. g% |8 c你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 \. j( ~* @1 c. D; A0 o% j+ _$ tI'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。
; _5 C- M  Z6 G+ l5 XI 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。
9 n- i  S! _' K0 lAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' i: \, w& g* t7 b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( b6 p1 O9 t% i" s# bWell, 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。
. J2 Z* @( h0 L/ i/ R2 z, ^2 SI guess that counts too.
% m4 `' o  Z+ g: c! V+ P我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! u5 }' h) I1 f+ @: M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.
, w- X6 O# b3 x1 e* v在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* y: h) P* e5 VFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 r$ E5 p5 z4 R, S9 M) D6 g: e对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- Y5 n+ X5 G: X$ ^' X0 S( s总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' s. p/ j8 k% @; S# V0 `3 D9 ]; u为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
" Y) M. W' _8 }5 S# 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?
为什么我要结婚？
( o  z* w' J& ^* [/ P/ z0 {, @- XIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- |0 I; {& F/ ^& w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。
' k9 A6 A' a" I" Z' i2 V3 m8 bI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 {# {0 o1 r: y: }Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 x% F/ Q! p! P. v& ^/ R8 ^/ l3 ~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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 |% C' Q2 f" X2 \我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# W4 h' Q' o4 `1 }: {4 SThere'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.
/ q! }6 T* L, l1 [* m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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
; E+ d( j& ]! u! a9 _6 y* SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! }: m) J  d" ]7 p" J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？
7 Y, x) e, {1 b  N8 MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, l" ?+ O: V8 C) iHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 Z, q/ m) z& U7 w# {9 Z9 w3 |Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 j( }6 _2 G: m  a: w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?
+ Y, O" b9 y: X/ ^7 ?6 ]% j# a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?
2 b" ]1 n0 d. z6 e( c& `0 J+ 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？