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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( o6 I9 \$ x0 x记住我们为什么做某事
/ J- S9 R) N- z/ C% |' ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 w0 U7 c/ k9 Y# j. F- ^有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
4 I- E) t+ h# a% a& P8 eHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& F" j, v, `0 \' e  N! XI'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.
$ n+ n2 {/ W- A& G# x0 w! F% Q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。
7 ^; Y) Q- q- R+ L8 X8 S8 S% bWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
8 g0 ~! D( o" B8 L' c: r; o! K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) I8 x7 z8 B& b6 ~" d( s( S这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
7 S/ k- S. B; b7 \9 }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？
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 a( x# J6 o5 P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?
* L4 m( r% o% U为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 M( E- D  ?7 {6 i: C/ N" hWhy did I join this club?
" |/ w5 U! R4 i. L: |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？
1 ?# v6 o+ i8 f2 k. t; r: b& g: HWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 e5 A4 \, ^& Z: P2 ?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.
9 Z6 c/ ]! X, j. t否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; T: K1 M6 n0 @We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 T" _8 M1 ?$ I5 A' S5 y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! r# e2 r$ e! RWe 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。
3 L5 e" @) g' O" ]/ x  ?$ g5 `) SThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
) @4 k+ P. _8 P3 B$ [* G" h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.
* h# f: y1 F; B9 O# i: S0 Z6 e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？
" w- o, n% C% z" pIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 `, \* n" [( _( VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) G, P: D# ^- B" l你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 ^* E' E/ O- T6 w: SHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( K6 f+ P# d# i( Y. j& ?; Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- R- G* J3 |7 C* j你写备忘录吗？
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？
+ h. }# K) X% `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？
- f6 t5 B4 X5 h9 U: [7 O4 g9 C6 s/ rWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  e4 e/ k( t9 E& V  E$ t  u; g你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？