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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& @, I3 f6 I5 t- }记住我们为什么做某事
; l/ J3 v) ?8 a8 X/ \/ TSometimes 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。
& E+ f0 A% E% P5 x- X! @# aHave 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。
6 i# X7 I8 o9 B2 ]% EI 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.
$ l5 b, q9 R: [" I' R+ v. d2 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。
2 Z3 M6 @( @( G/ ~* f) `, ?2 LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" T3 m# k! r+ h3 h1 V% d9 a. r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.
2 }7 x5 ?9 @3 V5 {" z8 u( |我想那很重要。
* H0 T' P' a4 y- TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 o' H% z1 j8 q9 L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.
) `: p) K( S# _# E$ W/ l# y% ]总是可以问问自己为什么。
  w; s% x2 x1 K# W2 L7 \Why did I start to learn a language?
: |8 N+ D; \2 e, c为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ G) n8 m. U4 E/ ?# s" WWhy did I join this club?
; {, r2 b, I  L1 |为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 R* z0 Z- x1 ~& z9 l# n, fWhy my friend was this person?
& f2 S6 Z* I1 W4 W) f8 \% F. @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ e$ y) V% X0 Y1 d- }, L( ?7 W7 G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。
; \1 ^* x  }- ]) n0 QI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# Q- s. O) _8 L6 r1 i( L  M9 _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 l  z$ s; j9 P7 w" g' LWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 T) t4 ]( M4 m我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
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.
谈论下面的话题：
# b3 l' m3 A2 `$ _: V  ~" mIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! r% k+ ~' W" c  m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？
2 [8 S; \  J% D$ ?# C7 I' n6 jDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
! ?! |5 [, n/ }. L3 x( a7 w2 v你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# Q2 X$ ]. t1 U9 b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 F* N1 t6 N, h! RDo you write memos?
; f" `/ X, s1 g* ^( S你写备忘录吗？
; Z( h- G  }0 ]) f6 cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. Q  p1 a7 B" R( g  o+ G4 |! I8 F你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. o( i5 w$ r" w5 ~2 `8 ?What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% x& V4 a7 ?/ P8 Z" a还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 Y, i6 Y: h1 A" g  WWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, [3 n& A/ E" o. B  ^- N% c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？