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

1 e& O; w# {: H记住我们为什么做某事
5 W. S. S9 e4 h0 W7 J; VSometimes 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。
& K- C" z) b9 u9 B2 i0 YHave you ever done that?
4 m  B  D2 m3 _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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
* W) `# ?) k: o4 k8 ^, f# F: m) O我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
8 A0 A7 d* |9 c/ o+ v% X6 nAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
9 i6 P$ {9 G$ g5 z1 D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.
4 T3 ?$ I5 B1 G哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
: C) j. O' ^5 X/ l- q5 ]4 M: v, yThat's a memory problem.
+ V) b9 L6 f% Y& j- V) P这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- A1 L$ n" d( ]But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 c8 l* o- E' 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？
$ y2 G3 _8 |' z* W# Y, dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
4 C1 h1 f% L0 f在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) t1 v9 [1 y# O1 o) }8 L! d$ s( ^7 zFor 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.
1 M& ]. t5 X! w/ Y2 }# }, d总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
& Z- d9 I. F9 F$ b  |! `0 A6 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ H7 S1 i  z, M0 Z# PWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. [' S' c$ Y& G3 }Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 _6 c: M: S, c8 w+ N( I, Q. rWhy did I get married?
, R+ `) c# `1 [6 {) j% L. f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.
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.
) ~, u6 c5 H$ v1 Y3 @0 l6 S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# [% X# z# j) D- w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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
+ f& P0 q, `0 g" {( `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.
" q" m6 M) T6 @" [# N8 L* Z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？
. v# l% K7 [1 j9 N" }, LIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 i# q5 ^& s1 \& K$ t" x: ]5 g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ V1 V! i/ h' V! X( m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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 Y" `2 {% D4 r你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& C0 }$ k$ U( E2 uWhat 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？
. ~& h% ^1 \+ t. cWhat 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？