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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6 q( x. _+ R( k3 M/ i记住我们为什么做某事
! h& U  }& k2 ?' s  K: MSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ u9 i6 I: x# l) I$ @# ?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。
' A( e; u1 V3 B: [1 Z' hI 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。
& i* O9 k, B: }0 u* B$ F: T4 SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
3 A( @" O  b) s& R& T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。
! d5 w. s: G$ ^6 s7 N1 dWell, 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。
' w  [' q& J: f7 yThat's a memory problem.
8 h4 [/ t. L. b5 f这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
- a4 O# @2 V/ \" P0 g. q: _我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ S  q7 ~) q6 k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。
) W+ V+ `, m9 w1 W0 PFor 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.
, L6 ^% w; b" }0 q; {总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 {6 K) p" a& k) q! e6 ~+ _Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  z# z8 r5 P; q8 p  N5 d$ nWhy did I join this club?
4 h- I5 c; _5 ?6 `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？
  v( N" ^6 y+ JWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
- S8 _8 [. s" V: `If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ l/ ~8 ~7 X' i6 T8 ]* D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.
) f  K: Y" d7 U4 z( {* U; v我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# W& W  k& _# v# cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ |# r4 _& ]/ `% }* TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' }: P4 Y/ |* L$ |We 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。
" M; P* X+ E' Y$ n9 J% n; J4 k3 yTalk about it.
* b- i- H9 K2 r. P谈论下面的话题：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
, W% o. h% `) p7 I% _它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ h" b* z" Q$ H& \+ j4 R6 t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?
你写备忘录吗？
" R* ]. b* Z" b  u* E* X( R9 U& \9 HDoes 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？
0 K4 \+ `, I& E  a7 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？
8 Y  B' n: K5 M8 j" K: J0 MWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 r% T( R, L+ n/ y; P* ~5 Y) e你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？