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

/ r7 r  M" m$ L' T1 s5 ]记住我们为什么做某事
% |. t# M: k# i' p, p: lSometimes 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。
0 q4 `+ O+ T1 ]) ]$ `- YHave you ever done that?
8 l' G; @6 _7 N# N你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 ^6 }, e2 u* W/ [' x$ 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。
6 [& h" q( F$ I/ FI 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.
7 Y% r7 B1 I. j) j2 W9 F7 W6 q& Z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.
  o# i1 q: x, |, G0 Q2 V哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ q6 T1 b8 z0 T# L# pThat's a memory problem.
0 q1 H- b  W6 o3 L( {0 [" U8 L( u  s9 i这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ O. V  ]) i" x, s; R: t. B$ k我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% J, [  x/ h; d; Q: P! W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。
0 [4 @7 S; A! }$ @5 lFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 r) W! l3 l" Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  L% ?! G8 i, _7 uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 l4 }5 |8 J. f- {0 {  T7 r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？
3 m0 Q7 G# i! Z* MWhy did I join this club?
0 d, ]* C: a- x$ ~7 q, u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？
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.
4 W7 ], m6 \1 P. C0 Z% a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。
# |9 i6 S$ t2 C1 ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
# C; }- G7 d7 W" Q) @; N1 ?我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ i1 o6 E+ r: 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。
" ~. P* X% a8 ]There's nothing wrong with asking why.
& F8 a7 u4 i. x) K" H$ Q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。
Talk about it.
/ a  e8 J$ a& E4 c8 T9 [% P谈论下面的话题：
/ A) I: c1 ]9 m- c$ UIs 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？
9 R3 _0 U9 G' ~: y  @9 v8 I) ?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...
; h* D3 r4 P! u) B7 u2 y  O. ~你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- [4 z3 J4 N/ v: P) Z6 D7 xHow 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？
5 T2 z% m! B& l4 m8 xDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" C# Q- r0 S# ?/ [% |1 p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？
% d( l# N3 H* k: SWhat 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？