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
, ~5 x9 h, p3 g. n/ j! bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# T" k0 J, @( h4 E; Q! R有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" X( a; d; s' X' C  DHave you ever done that?
: B( P: ]( h! z7 w% T你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
- N% m7 b# P7 u7 bI 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。
8 B6 J5 H7 v! c5 yAnd 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.
& g4 ^- l. y9 @- K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 r) d5 ?; N' J4 H这是一个记忆问题。
" c( c% c" O9 {' r( w! H+ S# Z6 II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
0 s8 m( v1 ]3 z& H% @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.
: [# Z9 t0 h. o- T' c7 `$ y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 c- F0 z. J/ \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。
1 A$ l9 f: `) u$ z$ LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 {! l! |( L9 i) O总是可以问问自己为什么。
, g& r( ~7 j7 e- Y( gWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 u; a, e, i0 E) p, W" P: C! `Why did I join this club?
# w5 K$ n+ J! l( n0 F8 T  i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; u1 N) b; y9 q2 [9 j6 N1 |2 p1 BWhy 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？
/ Z. u3 p2 R4 H; ~# `  lIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 K4 J7 F) ]% ~, K6 D. xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ z6 c8 A, Y+ g. K9 j# _: \否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 n" e$ O3 u6 g, o5 ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: X, |8 d& P; E" y. N3 |; EWe 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。
& l: k( }9 {5 u- m- o9 m4 A# q2 CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 E" O0 k$ w) T, w6 g  w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。
, T6 F8 F& Z: Y1 F5 |1 ^Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
; [, ?( j; p2 V! d8 @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？
+ o: M" R7 J/ x0 o  d# YIs it a kind of distant memory?
  K& b- F8 U7 v+ l它是一种遥远的记忆？
, B# A- a" Y" G; [8 D; nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 u( i# G( j& ?! ?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?
6 Y# l+ t6 R; x& W) z. g2 \: f你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 v2 X. k4 z+ O9 r' Y- `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, M: g! a6 w7 Z$ fWhat 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?
* {5 U3 D1 Q4 J% X* z9 x4 g3 S你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？