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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  i0 y$ `( [( u5 W4 t  d5 ~Sometimes 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?
9 {, K6 H! l) ]) s! n. [你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 _7 x' ~3 j; v" _1 D9 [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。
I 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.
( r7 c, f4 h/ o+ e: V8 n- D+ |哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 G; a0 c' I8 Y# {我想那很重要。
5 J& a) B7 A% X7 U6 pBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. }) J2 {  V' @7 h+ b! o3 E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.
! g' j! U, p0 m# h* ]% H+ z' o5 n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.
- ?% M  `$ G: h. W对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
" h1 n! N5 k1 h3 M, dWhy did I join this club?
* C- k# l! @3 K9 B  b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？
) T  y1 n) L7 k9 |$ A6 OWhy did I get married?
2 N3 Q* Z0 ]9 H: c3 ~! q为什么我要结婚？
* Q: e5 P* o: F2 W+ d9 X8 E& k7 CIf 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。
4 c8 P2 p( q$ i! t6 r4 b1 AI think we need indeed remind us of why.
! Y6 U7 i  @8 l+ I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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% X8 L/ M' k! l. U& A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ Q4 i# z& J8 b; DWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 ~# D, H/ G4 `) a1 p& L& W# j, J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.
5 z0 I$ X; t2 D, Q# M, ?; ]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.
7 A; E, m% H7 W% n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.
2 b. U( Z- m+ {# ]% s, W  M1 v谈论下面的话题：
( q7 o; T  a% r3 ]! [2 kIs 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？
: U$ L  ]) B" ?( Z- _: [Is it a kind of distant memory?
! ~/ Z# h5 q4 I9 a它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 ^. S7 q% R9 K+ v; ^, z. tDid 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?
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？
: ~* p3 n9 N% S) }: Y4 qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# q5 Y2 G% Y3 D& J7 s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?
0 s4 A/ p& R: {% h1 Z* a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?
! V& v9 S/ f- e) ~- 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？