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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Sometimes 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。
  H3 K7 E1 K1 E3 v1 k5 M$ KHave you ever done that?
' R; u. |9 Z( F" `9 {# C) {你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 N4 _1 ^, D( [: p" a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.
: g0 M! q7 X1 ^5 i5 n( ]3 D7 ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 T- g; m3 v% ^7 Y* @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。
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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ N9 Z/ @% d6 n: h0 GI guess that counts too.
8 b9 L" y6 \3 a" Q+ L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。
: i( S" X4 x" B2 A$ [. TFor 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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
& v2 K6 s1 O; K) J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？
Why my friend was this person?
: Q& C2 B% ^6 C4 ]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。
% o$ F' d& K+ d: a0 E2 z) c( ~I think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 A9 w. a/ B' y% r我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 X( F4 z& b' S# n6 yOr 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.
8 A: P% O9 Z( S( E+ A9 m4 \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。
# t8 ]5 U7 h. @% J+ v* t6 c3 K1 tThere'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.
# }7 l; d5 z, W: u  f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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! q! o# i. S# c: zDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& S# {6 m0 k% W' e* h) |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- w$ _2 d0 D: n9 O4 e  _2 j你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. [  e1 Z  Y5 S  n2 {8 C$ ]- C1 W1 oDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: V( B: Q" M- Z- U1 i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？
What 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？