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
4 n( w1 i% P! Y3 G( l/ MSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 z$ }3 q. O( U* ]4 f有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  L7 R0 k! a3 w# `3 g% M! T; `+ _Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
% Q% X$ a  X  }* k5 q7 a; v; iI'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。
# S2 N) U  @: {" ^' c6 R$ z$ lI 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。
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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. Q2 S' a' J  s, q  }; yThat's a memory problem.
: V4 N/ X) ^) U+ q: Y) [- W# o( \这是一个记忆问题。
3 ~( ~! F# X& W+ Z( cI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 X$ ~% v9 v- g8 e  {4 c1 ]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。
1 l/ o& a3 l: n: IFor 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。
" |) q: G  }; }# Z1 w/ GIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# J4 m& w1 b& {2 s总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) L2 g" W8 p- Q& R! i9 L为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 {4 e! n5 w3 u. j0 BWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 ~5 g3 e0 Q. A. c1 k! K( J, lWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* t$ B$ `7 n. @  RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% T6 E4 r% f0 s2 J# x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。
) c  H4 Y( W. e8 N$ YI 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。
/ H0 i4 r4 A- g3 W8 BWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' b8 K7 m7 J  E( F$ j5 o% ?3 u' {我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# f8 ^6 a+ B( o1 O. ^* BWe 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。
' k- B# K5 ~- ]  Z. D1 P- LThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
$ n5 P, }% {+ x. F. L9 O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.
9 v  Z$ P( B* s5 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。
Talk about it.
; f9 V# l$ J6 a谈论下面的话题：
9 E/ l6 s* m/ v5 O+ vIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ W0 V7 Q8 L$ h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 e/ P+ N" {4 T1 X) ]7 g3 ?# o6 r+ E; rIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 B/ B3 l% P* v) f  j& S' r. {6 `1 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
! O3 J  `, k2 c; f4 |  O2 BDid 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?
( z; m* ?3 u( |& R) x" _# a8 U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？
+ @4 c: f  i, rDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' x- x' U$ i7 C, n* A* l. l: w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？