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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7 p- w/ b& K& t记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 @/ v* p+ E, N0 |3 {0 e3 A有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 t+ r1 [. @: Z9 ~, H) BHave 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。
2 h6 ~  j) h; i7 m0 I' qI 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。
6 d8 D9 t6 K; s+ S  S  o; bAnd 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。
# H% e( ]: ?' z) AWell, 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.
1 y( W! M' F) U这是一个记忆问题。
: W6 \# @$ W& R# ]I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( G6 v2 u2 K+ P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.
6 v8 [8 S' T; B7 T5 g7 o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。
, P) y% n5 G7 l. o" Y5 ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 s  I' n( R0 a! b% ~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？
# s$ U( k$ ^8 ?+ x# p! ]7 F4 \2 O1 s* wWhy 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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, G4 E% I, @; J0 ]( {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: W5 Z8 @3 L! K9 P/ fI 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 x$ I3 X. K2 s$ o) 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。
- J! C" m( }( _+ R3 iThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 |8 @# D3 J$ k问为什么没什么问题。
; E( i1 b. `3 V7 o9 @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。
# T2 y# G$ n. n0 p6 N( N( I7 [Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
: J- ?1 ?4 c& O1 z2 |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？
! W# ~4 x3 T% A( k6 V0 z' S5 H: VIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ y% q! D. w0 u8 v0 Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& Y6 L5 C* h/ W( j& CHow 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?
8 [9 i0 U% t0 s5 s你写备忘录吗？
1 D' [& R+ z" S4 c* I- S( Q- EDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" j; `6 U- l- ~8 I9 j( s你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' }3 _& p! ?/ }$ Z: V. x4 k5 fWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 j8 O. d1 k: a3 C0 X( u( {7 G/ R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？