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.
( Z/ v' |3 y% h* U$ C有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) Q: i; y) ~3 z0 I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.
3 z+ u- v7 `% j3 g7 c) N4 s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.
$ w' Y8 b# ]4 v9 {' i2 r; t- Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
! l4 T) ]9 H$ K  @这是一个记忆问题。
+ `; J- g( g" ]: ]* |I guess that counts too.
/ }6 p7 y& v$ ^# h% ^我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 e) Y9 S$ S4 q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。
7 f; Q3 L: i( \) E' e" e+ AFor 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。
) M: U6 r$ g' hWhy did I start to learn a language?
' U$ h2 @9 C7 t) V0 C/ X5 {! w: O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
7 |+ B: S3 d# @$ b9 d* J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ R: R& e. ~2 u# GWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* G. c! O7 Z4 {9 ~Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
2 s( i, R- n; a% }* N- f0 BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: Z: o) n( I4 s7 {! t7 c( I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.
4 W' x- x7 F5 Y4 U8 g, f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! i) |) J" S6 m' |& a$ gWe 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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  j7 n- C6 ]3 Z' f- F5 ]/ PThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: D. P- S2 C+ B. r, A6 W+ |问为什么没什么问题。
6 _2 t: |6 t& Z! p0 \In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ a, x, A- I5 e( @, V7 x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。
$ z* y( ]: h  t4 Z9 F. XTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ ~: J. k% N* h- X7 ]Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 i7 W6 c9 ^7 B3 K" g3 N( w) U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？
Did 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?
: o( M% _' q6 m" w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; n1 P- l% P- p6 d  PDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
5 i7 l9 U2 W- \$ z* c* Y3 ?& `Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  X  k# l& N: D; X4 m+ D7 ?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？