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
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记住我们为什么做某事
: Q4 Z2 q/ h' N# e, J3 pSometimes 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。
; l3 I  d3 ^, w; g9 r2 I0 J7 aHave you ever done that?
, D8 J7 r& w/ @0 ]: x" T; z6 ^. l你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# U2 W  I. H0 u" R% S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。
. a, x3 |9 Y: O1 \1 tAnd 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。
$ s: D* s/ L; ?: F) E0 {- }: rWell, 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.
0 O# ~6 u& h! v我想那很重要。
9 e) X: _1 S* bBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 n0 v+ z+ K. U5 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。
2 A# B# i$ D( o4 qFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) ]! a6 c5 |& D' {4 }  _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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, a5 j# z6 v2 R- M: s: \: M4 ZWhy did I join this club?
+ Y& U& j; K/ T; y! Q4 q: ^为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" v; k, ^: J" M( G0 ?Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: p6 P0 E0 m+ F$ F. l. _+ B& H+ WWhy 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.
+ K0 p% X* n9 d, t' V2 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。
& m1 o  U$ ~; y+ i- G0 N3 vI 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.
9 _5 v: e# e. I4 l) b$ x否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ D( G; {, R  ?* sWe stop starting. We quit the club.
+ ^9 i3 Q. f3 i' I1 B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 C$ w9 [% l& _3 {- B5 fWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 m/ X4 s% _9 l% l$ b! G我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% p- T+ @# f) R$ R* C. [. u- A  p4 V$ ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
: p2 t1 J. o. B, i+ 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。
Talk about it.
5 f, x+ K4 K2 n% A& g- T谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 F. H7 w/ H2 x5 P你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& `8 y# E, Y. M& n$ t: lIs it a kind of distant memory?
# P/ c2 D1 }. l8 I$ o& A! ^9 r- X它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* N% ]& k' ]4 L+ W  ?, j你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 e0 ]+ Q5 D) o2 H) G; y1 {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 a. b# ?* o0 I1 w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
9 F, S4 J4 H: C& W: ]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？
+ n% j' U; B' w0 zWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* K3 W! W4 @8 x' M" D) s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. H4 c/ C$ p  J1 W/ z% w# v( @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
( x$ k+ Z; w& T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？