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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( b' \2 p: V8 i5 c* Q' \记住我们为什么做某事
5 Z  S1 }( Z. z" r0 k" c. ESometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" M3 h! M" V! T, i- F& e有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
6 u* x) ]% q, q你曾有过这种经历吗？
* D5 r1 t4 {3 z) E4 k6 HI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: h  p( E; [( C$ g* v( j4 m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.
: n% }- ^! a' p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.
. C2 w3 L6 l6 W4 F# N/ v+ d1 j; l- \) ]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。
* H1 t7 N8 M- J3 K- OWell, 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。
. f9 P; R* i# I" z  |2 T: d5 j1 eThat's a memory problem.
0 A" M, u3 r  {' f' ~3 }2 J& o这是一个记忆问题。
+ \! P' O! C* l! ], n- S1 `3 E8 }I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 F7 j7 D, c: e5 _8 i% uFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 L& {6 F2 ^: _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) `; ]8 F9 h' w; n+ CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 I( ?4 O: y5 q  e总是可以问问自己为什么。
: R8 W. P4 i/ O' e/ P+ BWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# D) t. Q# [' D% VWhy did I join this club?
* R9 [: M) N" w/ m9 z6 {2 }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% L( {# D- r6 }; N* l为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
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。
" `& e& K" u. D6 J+ DWe stop starting. We quit the club.
9 N' W8 V3 |2 F: f1 H6 }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" H+ [" e) T' w$ ^6 H' |; g5 SWe 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。
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。
% q0 ^* a) f( H2 r- ]4 aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 R) `' E2 E; q8 V; d+ c* qIs 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. d$ \5 g+ h. [6 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( b; ^  t9 F* I. C! F7 k6 p9 v3 Q$ zDo you write memos?
! E% k( b# V) K2 ^1 @* h你写备忘录吗？
4 l! l3 t( ?% `Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% D: q% K( r. N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？