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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# O0 z: q; L* z记住我们为什么做某事
! p1 f' R, ^4 X+ C4 LSometimes 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?
0 C* t5 T7 T/ i9 E你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 T& u# \. P, v8 x) K3 D! iI'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。
5 _) T5 l5 J7 Q1 BI 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。
$ H( B* N5 t* j6 u) K- K+ U4 }& ^! OAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 {3 V' }0 }" t* z% t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。
5 P6 L: @3 i  S$ E' eThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
% l+ l: T- i# N9 Y, RI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
) ]/ L' ?5 @1 z2 Q& BBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 ~% P; W9 U5 H0 [0 p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？
9 m3 q" i( t8 ~, S4 J. O/ hAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) y! @  x# t3 w- \2 f% o) o: E在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 h+ r" I/ {5 I; z8 P, ]% M$ EFor 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。
/ W* D$ a5 S7 {) k# n3 {  l+ s: }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
% a! d9 a* x, F$ [总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 C& u7 z. o9 x) RWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 a  z8 ?( N+ E6 V" f1 d为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ _% _2 P/ N0 k5 wWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- B; d4 j: _4 H( @; O& p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。
: r4 J, D1 E/ cI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 s5 ]$ D# T5 {2 g7 x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.
2 U; }, v" c2 O7 _9 ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ X+ t/ N) F% V; K# |1 I$ ]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.
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.
: X' k% t$ x; 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! W- J+ u0 Y9 C# W! D% v你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
( b8 C" \# `% O  b+ }7 R( e& ~8 Q4 |Is 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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 r+ s; N: f4 X7 l& v1 E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？
3 t, i/ L6 }$ x0 ?4 C4 BDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) M! H' w. d8 @" 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 J$ x% W( j. W2 R9 V4 k9 M3 rWhat 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？