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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5 R4 }  N# M4 Q' g$ @Sometimes 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?
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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
  X, L1 o& V! Z; q3 `; {8 G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.
$ |8 d' \+ N( V! C: C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。
5 }3 U" a, W& o/ j5 `% qWell, 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。
9 o, B$ ]$ Q" E/ p! R5 J6 nThat's a memory problem.
; w, M& r) g3 q3 q. {$ M这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% C* Q5 L6 `$ G! e8 ]3 M+ r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？
/ E: ~: A0 }5 `. R" j8 XAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 Z& ?1 E0 v1 p5 D% @2 o1 M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。
' D, Q' l) \: u& U& C1 u3 f5 uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ ]# Y' F6 K7 Y# f) aWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 S: I7 U3 M# {( f( m1 e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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& H; L4 h5 e5 ^( a: s' XWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
$ z2 S. w; q; R: e, O5 k" G, SIf 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.
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.
! h5 M( @5 ~+ f) t) |6 h/ N. l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) n2 y9 h+ A0 H7 t  g$ cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' ~5 j( j3 d$ A+ V* v3 ~' EWe 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。
1 U/ f5 R$ O9 G6 m& V5 h7 eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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.
7 Q% O6 a2 |1 v2 ?6 o% f谈论下面的话题：
' h- s" G, W3 }/ C4 [$ SIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
' d/ `0 A" ?+ n" X4 v, _1 FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
' o2 M! w% H" f5 w2 q) |* Y+ ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! V. P0 U! ^* \" y; f6 qHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! X2 v4 X! q% ]9 ]# c) G3 r" m& {你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 D6 {' H$ o4 e7 _- a& C1 ?3 XDo you write memos?
; u! C8 a  z( q' u" s1 r! T6 H你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
8 [# {, e+ M& \2 O( KWhat 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？
) `- o: ~  e( I$ Z+ X+ O* fWhat 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？