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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' h% i; ?7 k# B& b) Q+ O- `# `记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 n, ^! m3 F2 u. i& i  i有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have 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。
5 d8 L9 P0 y  c9 CI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& r, O6 [: s  ~' O) R' i3 l+ {3 Y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.
9 h4 E9 b- s9 B" Z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。
* d6 b/ E3 H+ U5 K- P6 H3 PWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
- r9 O! Z) c: R( |2 A6 i% j4 k哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 q0 X  o8 B" MThat's a memory problem.
' O/ z3 J9 X" W+ D& K这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 o- M5 T* n; H1 u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。
" a/ ]; D6 e0 z) o5 E' mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
# k9 t- c$ `+ i$ ~, S) e3 l5 F0 XWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
# p3 \) m6 W! s. M* Y+ d2 k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？
. l, u* r. z+ t6 B- O2 n9 }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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& v8 M1 |9 m7 p' hOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 b+ l/ ^. w1 R; d4 k9 Q% W$ w; \We stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
+ ^, r6 u2 G+ l2 o  ^  V: c  O* _5 l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。
: T; a' ^/ V2 N3 ?8 n( VTalk about it.
+ ~7 b5 {2 v; T1 T( M! i* s" y( s# I谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 s/ J) O0 J+ `, n1 |你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 ]& p) ?9 m( K) @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...
1 ]9 f+ d8 C1 L! z5 \+ @' ]  O你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! C' V- }/ P2 \) B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% \% M* e1 K  E: p/ H5 t+ \Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
% j9 H; j9 U: xDoes 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？
1 c9 X/ L6 O+ n7 lWhat 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？
# M% J3 V7 E+ s6 Y, [* G; HWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 D% M# j3 a* T; A& 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？