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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. a3 g) ]% g: L; b记住我们为什么做某事
. ?6 O; A. Y( R& W1 k' W* DSometimes 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。
- E8 s6 o( r! HHave you ever done that?
2 ~+ x# U' v/ R$ n  N, ?4 s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。
: a0 L. s# B* [# |I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ A1 p' `2 ?$ C% g+ w% n( T我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( u' ^1 Z3 U" U, ]; t* D+ \And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ G. R/ P* q+ W' H0 g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。
& Z# K- c6 `9 C  i/ ~0 TI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 }, }, R+ H' _: a% T1 I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？
  I) j  U( \9 v9 O  W' PAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
& F! X1 U4 l8 Y3 H5 k! ^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。
8 W# Z6 N% f' o  I- vIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" O; ~1 [% ~* z总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. X8 q3 q8 F# x. Y; E为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
8 t/ A" Z. {+ V' N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( U. s  S# Q* P9 yWhy my friend was this person?
& Q5 O) |) H4 O  F/ n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' u) l1 r8 A$ o- ?, `* q. \3 BWhy did I get married?
6 q3 g& E: z9 A" u% ?& n8 ], X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.
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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.
# ]0 \( f' L2 Q& `我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  E5 H7 ~4 S, q. ^6 B& L9 P1 K4 t! \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 w4 z( ^; |9 \2 ~4 @+ x' Z/ f8 o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.
+ S, R# K# }1 j6 [# z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：
  C* O, J7 S; L( t" |1 }( EIs 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?
# c4 J& |6 w( ~% F1 c它是一种遥远的记忆？
, s9 ~2 V, e8 t0 SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* `4 I8 _. u- I3 F" l你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, i4 k7 R6 A7 y3 l7 K" p$ \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？
( t* |* k2 Y( e9 p' D# JDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
! F7 a/ C$ [" y# i( sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- `0 g! g9 n# P: m0 u. \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?
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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？