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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' ]- f% B+ P; `0 ]; A, K, y记住我们为什么做某事
) c( K9 N$ {$ v. i/ X7 Q# fSometimes 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?
! k  f. ^# @6 k3 i你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) h9 y4 Q9 I! `$ `8 A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。
And 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。
1 ]" j( e( @2 {* rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 @+ N# |/ m$ Q7 l8 }% A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* o2 W/ `+ K' C" l" P: K* MThat's a memory problem.
5 q: o$ ?5 r+ Q" }# w: w5 X2 ?2 q这是一个记忆问题。
3 V' Z! K# V& w) h$ A  K4 N* {( LI guess that counts too.
3 W  E6 P2 w4 k0 G1 I. T我想那很重要。
9 s5 x. l6 g  A# CBut 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？
; W& h8 d, T; }' Z" D3 iAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 q5 p1 T+ Z% X  ~/ B在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
$ x7 H+ E! i5 G( k5 ]8 r  }$ p4 I4 GFor 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.
) D) L: S7 H' }- T2 T1 K$ t总是可以问问自己为什么。
: D4 L3 Y) v1 X; x4 U) cWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 {0 v7 ]1 S5 G, T- {) b, s为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" t: p' L. G6 Y9 @5 WWhy did I join this club?
. G4 ]4 G- t# M5 E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？
  S- b7 f! j5 s" J7 [2 v& H% rWhy did I get married?
  v2 ]0 h7 z5 ?- l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.
" }, ^) x4 |% h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。
% l- R, K- ~1 {6 d$ |, b# FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 K1 c: i# c4 V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。
6 j% E9 ^( N5 z9 W6 wWe 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。
( `! |  I& f4 X9 k; X  t, }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
9 ^! F1 |2 ~4 @; F( V" Y" b谈论下面的话题：
" d, Y( b% V& C! c+ U$ y4 tIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 v# W8 y1 N' m' w/ c你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
1 q: ]0 {5 `, I: n+ t4 Z; RIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 ?/ p& ]$ R8 t0 X9 B- y0 X7 G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 M3 j$ A, L- m" b" Z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" \+ x, n* i- c+ Z! p, JDo you write memos?
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？
* ]- `( I2 h5 g; cWhat 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？
1 M9 n! d) I, n+ RWhat 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？