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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% J; L1 A4 F) A记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( \6 A: X' W' y2 I0 r6 s有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
1 `# _% F) y* c" D+ }你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 k6 u9 C; T- ~! a2 K2 h" H2 ?我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 s& m& ~# \% B! H% O7 [1 ]I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
  ~  L0 r* i2 j  R4 H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.
" w/ t6 ^5 l4 }, c$ G9 x( q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。
3 C+ a5 q% U/ C1 kWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) n+ @  L, K; D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
7 X6 ]3 W/ {1 O) y! ~' C7 h8 u这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
5 N  M0 {' J5 A" k2 v* v- [But 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 S2 r0 n! A4 J5 J- p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) I' q: X( g+ q. g3 N! tFor 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.
9 x& r1 D8 D; N2 ]" k9 A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？
Why did I join this club?
; d* s6 |$ C5 ]5 s7 `6 n/ J) w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
# i; Y9 b; o$ Q) `  I2 p4 Q: @* K! z' Z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( l4 ]9 G' o! ]! a% h为什么我要结婚？
2 `+ I2 [: H+ z/ i, O. @( wIf 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。
- \9 D3 }& ?/ @9 p" x+ P0 DI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' d% g2 h0 J0 `' _8 e1 x我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: B! h1 s, Z4 H# q1 ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
6 A$ E$ b, \2 s' n9 \4 z# ~( Y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 R' I7 q( o+ n' }* p- yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- C1 e% S5 \1 Q2 ]1 b我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 B$ p7 z) A; T' \( qWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( Z3 w$ `  \0 R: W7 ^1 C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.
/ m5 y; E: A7 u" c" N; A1 z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。
+ E, P- e3 J! h, Y7 xTalk about it.
4 e! Q# A8 c  V/ x谈论下面的话题：
) O. w. r4 E! n7 jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) j/ W. I* T3 O/ G6 O- m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
. l5 C, \6 Y9 Z$ {& |/ y( S$ gIs 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……
+ O+ j! v% u' {6 x" kHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
; x- M2 k6 t/ G- t/ ~/ }/ hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- W8 O8 h$ i8 l2 Y( V你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: |5 Z7 {3 h7 }. \7 X: eWhat 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？