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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/ l. `) D# x) e9 S  L+ i. d记住我们为什么做某事
, h0 Z- P5 e9 q! i2 k! p5 e/ FSometimes 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。
" \3 Q* }! z& z( F9 g$ a" j7 ?Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ q2 U* ]. S" v* w& T; R; hI'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.
9 \0 ]) ?9 o% ~5 \我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& B+ O6 w' {1 ~9 U0 U2 v5 U4 |And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 \  a# m* d, q' y6 v3 f( i& F/ b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。
: T! S2 T) w5 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% q: Y; |! J5 L1 a, M我想那很重要。
- r7 }9 N6 \, A$ X: t) c. [, J. RBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 `& x$ b9 h' Y0 ]! ~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.
) K% A! G# z% ^5 k( ^对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) [/ b% l+ ^2 |- Z' ZWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  F4 _' r1 u9 YWhy did I join this club?
. q, K7 C1 p2 {/ a+ V  Q( S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?
为什么我要结婚？
; p4 f& B9 l9 t" I0 v9 ]- gIf 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.
; l+ {  T, {" T" y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.
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。
' u  z8 r) ~+ P( t" ZThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
5 T+ n  C) H  P+ r" S" WIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ }: a4 ?7 [+ `3 J2 ^( e0 ]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?
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Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
. ^2 Y" F7 S* J# r7 P1 PDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* Q. F% j: c* J' P$ W3 t" w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* ]2 c! F9 j, p, x" F/ ?0 c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
/ W) B9 K7 A, `你写备忘录吗？
# v$ s2 ?2 K+ @! o. P* E5 t4 yDoes 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？
' r$ G8 ?1 ^1 ~9 HWhat 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？
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？