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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( y- \, `% G# u& ~& e' v2 c- R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。
Have you ever done that?
/ h8 f& H3 w3 U你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 _, ~& [) ?4 l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.
  F) J; e3 A$ o7 t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.
) z/ C7 Y, v& t/ ~6 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。
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。
% U6 P+ o$ L, o. s3 Z4 K* DThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
8 O5 [8 I+ o+ E3 s/ {( h7 TI guess that counts too.
% c+ ^- }' `+ J我想那很重要。
7 g. ~9 b% ~0 b" l; r2 q: D% q0 OBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 X( T* t0 k; S5 i5 I- y* f1 U, V$ W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。
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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 F( _9 s- ^  @/ {: \% u总是可以问问自己为什么。
) t  s# z8 ^* D$ C' @; _Why did I start to learn a language?
/ A( d2 c0 W( b6 C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?
# ^/ e8 O: n$ d5 ~" o: n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
  ^: K* \/ U" N. p. D# I1 N4 C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.
3 c% _; C! d* D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.
8 N, C- x3 O2 N3 \, i2 f4 S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. a; N: \! f& s5 mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 q8 A" h& U7 S8 XWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: ~: \( M3 H' g5 N  o8 H我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 G6 ], h& {+ U2 XThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
% L. f" C$ Z  Q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 T6 ]; l3 a( U7 BTalk about it.
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
- y( ?6 L- c! w4 o7 U* F9 Z它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ L# H; N( ~6 q, E7 p9 b) i+ g9 R/ O9 pDid 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?
  x) |) z% F* K- y9 c9 T" Q6 c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 a1 k0 h- X4 [! l& I- U, u; m! h1 pDo you write memos?
/ M: S! I. S5 T% }( Q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？
2 ?( m0 m8 h8 q* ]What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 g0 C) a- a4 j0 t0 B3 l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?
/ K' O0 ^" L  Z  R你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？