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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1 p5 y* D; O% [$ \$ \. N2 ^记住我们为什么做某事
+ C4 |; _8 N- dSometimes 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。
# o' H, t) K7 W; B6 VHave you ever done that?
5 G6 \6 y1 w0 k6 O) d7 \# V; [/ j你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 u' p1 c, k8 ^  G+ J* y; t我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
- k8 z+ a; C6 d$ v; V, d- ?% y; a, OI 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.
4 h5 [5 d% h/ e6 [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。
( k& }5 G+ T" P# m5 CThat's a memory problem.
4 [5 H: F' V* [  r这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 Z9 \8 Y# e1 @9 {! P+ r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* l. m- S% E, M- L& {) O/ Y5 V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.
1 a3 f3 @1 i6 P6 _+ O4 Z在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) v, n' j& y# ~  f% \, qFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ T! O  H; o, {+ r  g1 ?: SWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" B1 C  I- d  r" l) e# A# ~( z& nWhy did I join this club?
* r, J; R4 i+ e( @6 T0 x9 j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？
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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 l2 I% R, e( V) a- aOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% O- T" k0 ?7 b0 ~否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% |7 d8 ?$ M1 A+ KWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 f2 u; M: l0 ?: F: R* y1 n我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 D% ^9 b# s/ m+ [6 @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。
6 t, A2 v4 [' a9 e: 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。
Talk about it.
4 b9 W6 N3 C/ a( ?" Q- v8 i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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
7 d8 o$ D, d0 U0 e1 G6 V3 N它是一种遥远的记忆？
) `/ A7 {3 E5 t: ^# [# ?/ wDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 N- N" e# M/ o* d4 H( f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" y* ^2 b( t& G; F1 B% W# PHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* }) u' _. Y6 R! ]: _' N" R& t! l. NDo you write memos?
0 d' X- _- s0 g0 m3 }# X8 L; u你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 `" v, A% v6 K( e你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
# D+ d6 e9 S8 W) s+ D" \What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 _7 U, G* r* S5 l- P( j4 ?还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- k  l5 E/ S+ A2 r/ e6 TWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& p% z2 [1 o- l- p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？