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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% G8 ?! d, Z0 K% r/ k( @记住我们为什么做某事
8 G$ ^5 O9 ^( C  R7 h( l4 jSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  C. c; S, e' g, T有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 X+ k: c& r% g( k. K% wHave you ever done that?
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。
7 F4 x, O7 T$ N" d7 D' a& v' ZI 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.
& Z: Q5 s: U7 g3 h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。
& W8 t" E, }4 p1 {! H2 w/ p  MWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
/ i* `( j$ y" ^- U2 E! O, C1 A这是一个记忆问题。
7 ]3 q, o( k7 j2 O5 g/ g9 II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
; x8 @: N. M7 z9 e- yBut 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 S5 W- }/ `% ~1 K9 Q* RFor 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。
4 {2 \- G$ U4 Q/ K! cIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- W! @. I! a- w. v. j1 A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？
Why did I join this club?
- I% G$ d- A+ y/ v, s" P: f6 P6 I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* W7 S5 b# h2 |; kWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* C) G! A* W1 `If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; m  W8 n6 X3 q+ H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。
0 A$ v* T; B* R: N  A% COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
  [2 Q1 J! L1 y- |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 \1 s; c0 L4 f5 ?/ hWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 H! L# Q1 ?/ y+ cWe 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.
9 e- ?$ [0 s3 H" N* ]# |2 O0 n' I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.
0 a2 O0 o% ~- o, i4 w1 z谈论下面的话题：
3 m  k. r) \+ x/ f0 nIs 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？
' ~1 _' |- g  _1 O! ~* YIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
" M" y' H9 W- H: ]0 ^Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ e/ M& [) n% c! p0 |1 O; [% v! MHow 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？
4 O- h6 G6 w* o. {Does 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?
1 I9 A$ k6 J/ f还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' P' j& F# T  k0 H! }1 eWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
% u9 k: j! X8 @- Z# V7 q3 ]' c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？