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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; g' w1 Z' D8 ?; B记住我们为什么做某事
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。
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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
. s  O5 k" R0 S$ n2 K: Y7 [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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
9 ^; s* O8 q9 f4 u7 v* ?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。
0 o, I; W/ ?+ {  l; K/ |Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 b" w& a8 L/ M; o2 s4 W哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
# k" A* k/ r( W6 L7 I% k这是一个记忆问题。
: y3 B* U, o* X. K( SI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, h7 W" T+ ^4 k& G2 C3 UBut 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。
+ R! A# \( R0 U- {  T7 ]' P% u. d, GFor 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?
! G7 ^& `- q) s为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  C$ R* ^& e' F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* f/ O' L& ^! h; k/ e$ pWhy my friend was this person?
, v1 I/ a- w1 q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( Y1 H2 z2 j+ b) X- J. U  \3 u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。
3 M9 B# V4 [' U6 }I think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 _/ @" u' e. W% ^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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: L! a$ s! L. Z0 `( Y1 a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.
. k# b/ p3 J, i1 V; G/ @# K6 T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.
! ]% T+ U* W% T: E# }' I, J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：
5 Y, s/ q$ l3 S) K9 n: `0 oIs 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？
1 V7 Y2 l8 i$ {0 EIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ n. G" S% R5 _& ?Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 o& m* l* g6 ~; }: k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( {4 O+ T8 K# G5 Q% ^6 {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 @  a9 r: P4 X' e. v; M2 N3 e- Z9 Q) sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- `6 t7 F* V9 v" a: Z; N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?
  ]! ~: o+ y! K5 N3 ]: S* o  y7 H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？