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
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。
, V8 J3 e# n' `. k( i7 [Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 n7 @' ^" i4 E4 h$ pI'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。
8 O+ k! G: ?# k5 i. T& [I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- }8 [& ?. `5 i4 p1 Q我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 E) C# Y% E& BAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
) l  i( G; T( ~* g5 F5 S" 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。
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.
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But 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# }: Y- J4 f' A0 }6 t. y- K5 VFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 O+ ?7 }1 c1 [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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) u9 o/ c! o* c; f/ q6 M( X. J  rWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' |0 \5 h/ Y2 DWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, [8 S; j) x# W  _* {% lWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ d* d0 B* e/ G  v/ eWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 {& v5 |% S  ]" {2 j& X" F4 X2 RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 t5 C; p: A. Q, H- W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。
! Z3 d/ Z; O/ x2 DI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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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.
# w6 x& x; @$ d8 @我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 ~8 [* b, j9 }: ]. {/ KWe 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。
9 `% g& I. d7 y0 s6 d: ^There's nothing wrong with asking why.
: U* V2 Y; E+ x& A0 Y2 X+ [* d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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 [% t4 H! H7 s/ W& a# T# ]8 EIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 }. T7 D9 b. z/ ^: G& E( d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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
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How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- Z6 v5 t5 |5 _/ w9 l: ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! P. @% Z& |. W/ m( \: r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？
, E- B4 A' e0 v. W* C7 YWhat 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？