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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+ T% e' O2 K: @. V3 ^* P& h: [# h记住我们为什么做某事
- E8 n% W0 U, L+ e, DSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, Z6 J6 C. d6 q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
4 h/ z& P: x  ?6 Y5 }0 _0 YHave 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.
5 ^. q9 [* b; U7 ?  X% N5 N1 j. L7 M1 s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。
/ I/ J) o- O3 \. u) a8 i8 NAnd 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。
+ ]+ Q3 `+ k* W7 Z/ YThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
. z0 n# ~# b# P8 L$ y; ^4 [: p! A* XI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! w" c6 ~) C+ i6 wBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* i: F+ L2 K! S& Y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。
! _$ I$ ~" |% {& D$ jIt'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?
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?
9 S! h: Y: F) Y2 F- O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 `. d5 }# }( Y' u3 U( a6 rWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 b; o) D. L' O  @& B+ ^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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 U0 n) u" i( M# WOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
. B9 X4 ^! G$ e6 C: x否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. ?9 H- M! Q2 Y4 P9 E) v5 vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 w$ X" x* ?+ w$ D+ _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; c% F/ |2 i* p* ?我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
5 D- D8 T( y: w3 e2 dThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
" N1 h" n3 p" M$ x4 @7 q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.
4 A& E& J+ p3 [# k7 z" p9 |2 I- l/ @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。
8 r3 d/ y; n) Q* J) i& YTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
* r! b6 Z3 i+ l6 F# G3 xIs 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？
, W2 _1 l" b9 o. yIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
$ S! E* t" L8 t1 _( lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 K; M- E& j) J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
6 a$ v7 k+ O' c你写备忘录吗？
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？
8 p, l: H% X4 u; R' }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( Z' T" V! m' |# p7 X1 ^  K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？