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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5 O- R! W  ?+ U8 t) E; I6 y9 J6 l6 O& WSometimes 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。
+ v1 }  w6 W' A8 k+ [; e8 @Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 i1 p6 _9 W$ D( x3 Z+ V& lI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! r1 X5 \3 @  j7 @4 `4 Y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.
  K5 ~+ `" |! Z% m" N9 `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。
  k. Z& \3 K3 Z% V* q2 yWell, 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。
I guess that counts too.
# u; E8 d/ g2 a# i3 U我想那很重要。
8 N5 L/ v, F* O7 [. xBut 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.
  w4 u( U9 \3 t) `  {! D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, n9 ], o- f; d* MIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
: \7 W$ V# ^! H* L0 |5 Z- cWhy 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?
% m) m8 {( i/ r. [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
! C4 m$ l+ ?# R3 X# _* k6 j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.
& ~! c( C3 S6 U) z9 c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。
' w" @5 u( D% X7 R4 QI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' V4 I5 Z0 p7 mWe 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。
3 v" j' N8 @9 C( vIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ O: }/ M6 e" v# _% 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。
; q; G& ~  r- v5 Q& }* u; WTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: r7 F9 J+ Q0 f, n8 c* C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？
' C+ }! f2 R4 @: vDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ F2 d# Y# n8 ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
7 N+ u, b  P9 q' W你写备忘录吗？
+ q% h7 n! C4 j& g- F: X0 _( `# |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？
6 b1 e  j; a; j5 b/ ]' F4 K1 D8 SWhat 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？