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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% I& ^0 v) o- V) z' e* ?记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, _" }! M# b/ t3 O8 c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
- A# M0 f% d* ]  i7 D- {8 Z$ w; S你曾有过这种经历吗？
& U$ C1 R% O# H) y3 qI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
6 n; b& {8 H, j$ C2 u7 `) O我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 G) L3 H! o) O& J: cI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
* _5 v& ~% B9 R3 @& h我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 q2 p3 V4 m" z; C9 H" JAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" s  @1 X2 m; z5 E' ^7 c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。
* Q( L( L' }3 u# u8 R6 IThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
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？
/ T' _4 s& @, C9 t; z- d/ |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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 m+ c' r9 m: q) x% d6 x6 Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 G/ a% x; O& h+ C总是可以问问自己为什么。
# P$ Q1 {* j  q% r! ]( uWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 A' _9 Q$ B1 T$ O; l6 u3 |8 WWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" |& V, l3 G! q5 K; T为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; ~6 c+ K/ y9 j1 V" w5 {Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
6 d9 O' h  x% LIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 t( v  E: v* ?% 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 f- b) E; }8 o: Y8 R- L2 }' m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。
6 {3 q  }) Y9 M$ N0 P: u0 yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
4 {- y' R2 e5 {) t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
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。
0 t- m$ }3 ]7 l3 }" s# Z- m" ^There's nothing wrong with asking why.
: ~& ]: @# f, {/ q% |- F7 m问为什么没什么问题。
+ G. V; w( }; B. @" T5 PIn 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。
3 B; u0 g# S4 @1 l- D/ V7 O) BTalk about it.
5 L, ?0 [7 W) E7 b5 z! v9 F. P谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# L/ @# I+ y# C' Q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 {5 [  ~; K8 [7 ?( C8 u  tIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 J+ ^! x7 K, v3 L, I; GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; I0 t5 v# d0 v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？
/ E7 i8 b* _. l3 s, \  GDo you write memos?
/ R% k7 b0 P% Y: R) C你写备忘录吗？
+ \/ J2 A6 Q6 F3 d( m* CDoes 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 ?# U) k3 u% X2 ~6 i) r7 L# X: E  kWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 T  w2 I  y. b- 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？