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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. F3 e: k7 c; i2 n! k7 x& h记住我们为什么做某事
8 e2 x( v  S) g$ s$ oSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# @! N! z; H- c% h0 ^: H1 o$ i6 P+ C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.
) S0 {* g5 h2 Y9 l我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
- ]  p5 x5 E/ dI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 j" ^$ K: c0 Z4 g# Z: b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。
6 G0 P2 x* |) b8 e, ^7 FWell, 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.
! _9 O5 l* ~) I+ @这是一个记忆问题。
; G: a% @$ M& k; R5 B6 KI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 K5 @4 G0 F0 ^2 o6 V8 ]7 pBut 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？
/ I$ T/ A* D3 CAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) {: j7 E! Q% c  C- o' N在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
2 ?5 i2 x" @' B4 r& S& kFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
" O% X1 V; ~) \对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, p) z$ m8 S/ w" l% oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: ^% y- ?+ ~1 C8 h9 ^; Q  I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?
- r  F  E7 ?2 b  ?$ M# p4 z7 R为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 i7 X! b( m2 @" a) XWhy did I get married?
0 Y9 ^( G( R* ^# ]* r为什么我要结婚？
4 b4 O9 V% s  L$ a1 N8 ^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。
1 c; [% S& t" Y' U4 v. K, jI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 E6 M- v$ T' t, e& A  c2 e8 q2 p我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* Q" \9 y) m. W0 f' W) nOr 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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
. m2 [: e  g. }& DThere'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.
, x7 ?% R$ `7 ~, i+ D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。
; e2 L. s7 l5 S# F0 S" ETalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. E0 I$ K4 |; b* [& U6 @4 p, D3 f( KIs 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？
! D- a7 E! A! O' N+ d% IIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
; m2 }% \4 ?! J4 C- z' M( i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; H) J0 O5 i- T* H( U: V- T你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 b8 g9 v5 P+ S. I. o' p5 u# WDo you write memos?
" ~" |  Q, g( i$ o" n你写备忘录吗？
; E5 w, }. Z1 j7 O4 G, CDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ |' n( U  y2 n4 {7 M* S6 m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 t9 m' n# q% y9 D! X9 ^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？