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

. \' [" Y8 s1 o1 Z& r' n记住我们为什么做某事
$ O, B) p8 v: K  G* h  ^Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 j) g9 w( c. N* O! ~0 c/ x" |# F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; D' I- P# \9 O6 [5 n% \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。
7 S% t$ K7 d1 T' Z. r0 U5 y) J: c' gAnd 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。
1 ~+ Q- g' S9 N* S3 u' JWell, 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。
/ F6 R" n, ]3 }, z8 n6 v7 Q8 ?That's a memory problem.
6 i  t7 i/ u! c/ `/ p0 P$ d这是一个记忆问题。
: Y( `+ D- x" u3 B) ]I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 _8 ~0 E; {! K8 f5 |1 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？
- m& L( r/ @! n" B0 I% S  DAt 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。
% A  K, T* X# |+ I$ LFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
# I, ~3 R$ k4 F7 @7 |" \; ?对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* f8 e  r6 A: LIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 C! N0 d4 Z' {: T0 |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？
Why my friend was this person?
" `+ k$ ~( y4 w0 }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 N1 Y/ j, r; f2 o; z' [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.
6 {5 C! e% O+ k我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: y4 |; D# s+ i, z, l- C* xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
# [1 l& h6 ^7 d0 ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  V# Q/ m* A' f; z1 LWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
( ?% P/ k; _# ]1 |3 E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.
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：
* Z' B/ P2 y2 eIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 G: X- P, W, x1 ~+ E1 z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?
+ N+ y" _* g! a9 R8 z它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, k5 d: N6 u4 q* n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, ~, _% T3 a1 L% \  uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; J# D4 R7 _3 m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: R) I% E  `1 H1 R4 |你写备忘录吗？
" W! W7 F) v6 D, k' ]/ w* KDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: w9 j0 l9 n5 D/ h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?
  u) b% O6 I. ~$ \8 W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？