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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记住我们为什么做某事
0 ]: k2 O+ s. _: tSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( ?2 M0 Q7 Q2 H( x4 T' N. c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% H1 o2 d7 r$ @. ^1 @0 V4 b9 {Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ U& l( R# g( D6 ~3 I) nI'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。
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.
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。
4 o" ^8 }2 o% s6 `3 O* EThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
3 I: F  {1 W, ^" ]+ WI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' u; p. C6 K2 j. G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。
! [0 x4 `1 y- A; E( B/ c1 N9 VIt'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?
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) X# `% V) e* v) |5 z2 |4 x$ fWhy did I join this club?
- ?( D7 K& `% O* S/ N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
* Z) L. i& e1 @: ?为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- c0 @, @' T, }: v( I- T6 ?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; b6 M9 K4 p/ k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。
( t: H; \) R3 ^9 iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
  N# F6 R- I' e2 c( k; T6 `我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 y1 o- \0 L/ j3 F  qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ j4 ~& f2 E8 k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。
2 v& E$ i7 c- J% Z7 vWe 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.
5 y3 \1 C; e6 j, m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.
7 ^. Q, X  s; h3 k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。
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) @, o: Z4 A- L& m$ e* p谈论下面的话题：
, x7 K4 v, \0 u9 bIs 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？
3 L& G) q$ _) s, NIs it a kind of distant memory?
% k! r( M4 L/ {+ n2 X它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ `4 W6 I1 o2 t3 Q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 G' w" n; g7 r" C/ O  A% K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& z. O, h. x7 i. r, K4 J8 ?! j" `Do you write memos?
# v  I  h5 _& N$ X" J0 ?5 z你写备忘录吗？
$ S6 E3 N& C! CDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" o. e& K$ B5 A% _! E你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- u# W5 S9 r5 U# q. z: gWhat 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？
; B$ X/ m  b& j% c/ CWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 q7 c  s# c8 [; |- d& q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？