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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记住我们为什么做某事
6 |, ]+ v1 c7 a+ K3 d6 cSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 o5 A, h! E: s% }, b- V/ ~: a有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
7 C+ O* H6 t( w; h; z7 m5 T  J! FHave you ever done that?
* @. i7 d7 E: t3 k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。
& G$ Q3 @# @  yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ @! U3 G4 u, m1 T7 w我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ C( {  ?$ p" p; l8 ^+ pAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, Q/ G& o: t7 _" Y9 W+ `9 j2 T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.
1 M4 R) i; x$ X( N$ z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ q/ L* A. ^( R7 ~* T0 ?  n, EThat's a memory problem.
" l% b& q% Z! h/ F# Q; m$ ~这是一个记忆问题。
) s" l, }( f4 p9 |' k6 v) kI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, {1 `; \5 j. D9 K1 J! h! i6 E5 \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？
5 H. [( a. R+ L& _, ]* a! r' IAt 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ x7 F+ p, ^. O8 x8 _- XIt'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？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& o7 e5 d& r* a0 K) Z8 ]Why my friend was this person?
/ p# M( O; h- X; m) o9 ~3 c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。
$ A% Z) s& S8 x' x9 r5 m' AI think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 }0 s8 Q7 t  F9 C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ w$ G0 D- c1 F5 ^8 T; N7 SOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 q9 D7 w4 n; s3 y! _We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 ~) [4 x: z. v$ ~* L我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ b8 S- L+ |9 u( X7 w) VThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
! w, A0 t, ~" P6 E+ 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.
! d# a  h; p$ T+ g; B* V; B: j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.
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？
1 E9 d  x9 p" 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...
2 ~& E1 x, V/ a+ H7 w7 |, Q; d8 L, H- v你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! h) ^6 O6 {/ T1 X) E9 zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' W3 d1 ^/ R9 c) b* o' A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
; B0 W4 Z, n# k; c你写备忘录吗？
# _6 O0 [0 r/ d# mDoes 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？
% v# S& U! z- ]' p  J* U& T6 XWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
8 S3 h3 @: b( f+ I+ P0 {4 I还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 F! b- C; v9 x7 s" X* M* iWhat 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？