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
+ P4 U6 X9 R- o. cSometimes 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？
" O0 i+ {2 k" S& A* eI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! D3 v9 f# C+ [. e, G/ @$ A7 ]: z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。
+ U- F# D2 k7 L: z! R; hAnd 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ Z2 E9 ~& V# ]$ @( z5 u我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 i" {5 C. `  U, G" V3 q; J* ~# h3 u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？
( D* L8 S; x1 A/ z# _At one point, there was a reason we do something.
" Z' O+ n! ~* m; o1 G在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 f1 I8 r, d& [' `4 Z% TFor 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。
/ p/ j( g4 J+ X2 @8 O- g. zIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 ]# W2 O1 h$ q! `' H0 s5 rWhy did I start to learn a language?
- N4 @6 v9 P2 h/ g9 ^% F9 f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？
) f& R0 x: l* U5 g  N- r0 ~+ FWhy did I get married?
/ f- H" K$ e% C6 B+ I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。
; d) @5 H: ^3 e3 f/ @  E  NI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# ]7 Q* `: G- s% \; p8 o4 \1 d我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- k( V  }% t" q$ [: r2 `  Z' xWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ \5 `0 e! {- X. ~! v4 d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.
& C# p- S, S. Z/ y5 d, ~4 T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.
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。
2 O$ x7 n/ k& z+ }+ BTalk about it.
, v) d' ]* l8 v! J- \) S" m; l! {谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
+ f% e2 ~! R% yIs it a kind of distant memory?
3 \  U" [% A! V. h- n它是一种遥远的记忆？
# a( h6 R0 I+ E' ]# YDid 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 c& z& P' {2 F0 H你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- B( ~  o; J  N1 k/ ^; |: i8 x# O9 Q0 W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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 j  `! T6 l9 V1 `* [2 I4 z0 |你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？