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
# m/ O7 \# a( ?7 K8 M( ISometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
- \" G) z# g6 D: |0 u7 H8 @. z你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 `# Y/ U1 m' ^/ @4 ]1 ?3 |% i; aI'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.
4 F! M+ b( K; b! z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.
7 E0 s' j( _* Y- t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。
: G1 W  j" {  M! R" |# AWell, 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。
% q8 @! n- m8 `9 G: u* qI guess that counts too.
+ @5 q- K% i* E7 e) K我想那很重要。
7 W4 ]; X% o: w% dBut 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？
* b0 [& j7 ?8 _1 b& X% c2 y/ _0 sAt 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.
6 s9 h- X- X; L5 h/ ]- t2 T4 c, x总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
$ g6 U( s; ^5 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 {/ {1 m- ]/ e2 ^( m* \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？
9 j! y. s9 T" Q6 g' l& u" l% @If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 @) ^! {( O) |5 h! j# q; Y  `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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% L& \4 B( ]) U- S6 f5 nWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' d  Y  E/ ^1 v8 C2 [3 X7 y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 B2 T- g% k& Z, }' \" e5 mWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( c$ n5 S# G/ L& w8 E" b3 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.
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。
Talk about it.
5 N9 h; _9 c5 J& O. L& i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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
, d, l' q7 ^+ [! H* F1 [+ [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 f5 A, R8 a8 `2 _) A. U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 y0 d/ [, }6 X2 d7 h9 t9 R1 v你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# D# L1 I7 }" h7 p' h2 v/ A# O( cDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' }0 u9 w+ x0 x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?
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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？