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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. h- z$ p1 ^3 \5 ?5 _! j  k: zSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 Z, r* v* D7 V+ H1 b7 c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- x% N4 {$ C8 W" L1 AHave you ever done that?
0 W. S0 a% m: v, ?8 @' q' n5 r& ~你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 Y( X; O( D- ^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。
" q8 n" B+ R1 d2 @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。
8 v7 G6 v9 x7 u8 O3 T$ gWell, 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。
% `. _) X- M& C8 `4 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
5 T8 g4 q0 s1 _$ }8 O( m- P8 p我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. T6 J& o; l( U& r' ]2 `" U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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ G% c$ h- f2 E7 V) TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" Z. J2 ~! h; s. i) u. {总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 O& V5 p3 S2 @' c1 z) ^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?
! w( V( Y% b) E$ b9 Q7 W, [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! v) W0 k; u6 e+ A. \" y# q/ g) ]Why my friend was this person?
! X. `  d5 ~: D% F* Z, `* v/ C* @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( k" q5 W, ]% E2 DWhy did I get married?
( Y6 a, L4 O( o- U) j为什么我要结婚？
& z/ a0 G( o( r+ b. S; DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 ]) E# Z4 t1 Q: ?( ^+ d; |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 i5 M: U0 T4 t$ y! y- z: W3 MI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 B" [6 u5 |8 p& o# S' p我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 e8 g) y: ^& q6 Z6 P& X, u5 L7 zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 u& w' D, K2 s$ _否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. o! q; j; T3 v7 T3 o3 wWe stop starting. We quit the club.
  }7 ^  O: i5 s/ }. v$ q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; }" ~" o% n* x6 k2 [1 hWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 J+ p7 p/ Q! X3 k8 C4 B" Z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 C" D7 G. i% F" q) L; x$ ^3 z$ k' E6 lThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& w/ e; @! ~2 F7 N! o; sIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 F/ d0 ]2 Y. N' S" X& _$ T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。
; ^$ B: [1 \) I4 p1 lTalk about it.
0 n) J) ?, g0 X谈论下面的话题：
% Z8 n; r6 U! w0 M6 h7 D; BIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( l  v2 d, u+ q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ ~7 _* a) |6 q/ ^/ n3 SIs it a kind of distant memory?
* o- ^2 `& ^+ e3 p2 c它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ p! \$ S7 U( i  jHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ J% m" N! i% I* T& x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  \" _' x  Z( n4 tDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" N, c" i4 M0 ]6 D/ mDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 B, c: N9 ~* x: 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？
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？
9 ?+ e: e/ ?5 R2 rWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
( G. o$ X7 ]' U0 z7 |0 G4 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？