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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, @/ _) |: U7 m9 J' K7 w记住我们为什么做某事
" c0 T7 v/ \" a  z* LSometimes 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?
: Z) U5 W% r& x3 Q$ p, L( A) S/ S你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# P" X0 L2 P; _% H; o0 {; t% {1 O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.
8 C+ U1 w7 N2 O' f! M, J( L  C0 X我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# N! Y( r' ^! L/ v. p/ t# IAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
2 o! O- T# Y. v5 f5 V! F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。
7 O9 ^! n7 E& e! ?I guess that counts too.
0 d# w% N* q2 _我想那很重要。
/ H1 s- R# `5 T  W* n* tBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# }6 ~% y1 ^$ m! }* n9 j  k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.
1 [& Z) \$ Q# E9 y% N% H4 z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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: T" J; `& n- Z* S& V7 I7 o! MWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
9 d# _3 E- S6 |. A  n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: t1 m( |" g* mWhy did I get married?
0 o! x& O) L/ u9 t3 O为什么我要结婚？
# D7 G2 J8 {2 l2 c/ c1 e, lIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
( i, @" d. ^, R- v) h5 x# A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。
2 j3 y8 U* L4 q! {) c; x0 R4 GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) k/ v0 Z  v* ?5 M# `! h( NOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# e( Z' z; f" v# S. n: ^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。
  E# s7 _) K6 GThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ P) [5 w* \: v5 b+ G2 qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 p" z5 j* j( f. i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.
7 l, w7 j4 P2 y谈论下面的话题：
+ a* s% ~* b( j) Y- rIs 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？
! |- T  g# L* O$ sIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 Q8 W/ v. o6 O; K它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did 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?
+ z/ A) g- `( }$ }你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, G- f& y  D0 HDo you write memos?
6 H% ?" {. N; r你写备忘录吗？
6 O( o# O! c' F% e2 JDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 u( P! B  |+ _" A2 {4 c0 \你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What 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?
  n, e/ M8 {$ e3 \3 ~. `; E你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？