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
8 R. t4 ^( k1 B/ p& jSometimes 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。
5 {& G+ ?1 Z6 Y; q: X' ?Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
) @. H; T8 y! U; u, LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ S1 S8 x. ~* V3 }4 m9 u' Z. m7 M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.
  b$ D: F; w2 P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.
& u4 i5 R, q8 V7 j8 D8 Q2 L哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
3 p! u. c- ^( k/ b这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 P# r9 C! G* z$ L4 ]* e我想那很重要。
: _9 Z, Z" z4 t2 ~But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 l( B3 N% O9 v# z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.
9 T  K6 k6 c. k# t# p  e, ~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.
3 E. y+ W& u; z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: |) S+ X1 u# N6 j4 }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
; J$ g: M% X& KWhy did I start to learn a language?
( [1 i+ a* e# E8 D4 q1 v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？
/ M4 y/ \9 ^4 IWhy my friend was this person?
& Q! H1 c" ^( b7 s2 R: R# O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。
3 C& |# V* b3 d& h, e  JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  {6 ?- g. f6 p9 w' bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ x+ _8 N+ O) H$ B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 d' u2 O% H. m2 z6 s! q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.
& {$ Y6 F( ^. \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。
% \& a4 m" m( {2 p3 BTalk about it.
2 A! m! E( t8 s4 O谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 m3 ]) G% i; z6 a# }( Z- v- r7 c5 N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?
! R! c1 [3 ^. o, H它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 A" y: s4 s6 f* VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How 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?
$ Q# P/ F- U) j0 x6 u9 g你写备忘录吗？
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/ e' ?" I6 VWhat 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？
! O* B2 `, S: cWhat 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？