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

& U* F8 T% T0 M4 Y0 P1 v记住我们为什么做某事
7 P& ?" ]0 k' p+ oSometimes 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。
; z7 _5 x* l) k$ z3 P7 zHave 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。
1 |2 ~+ A  H' SI 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.
$ t/ p) U! H8 e6 k$ S: j& k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.
& Y$ j' T) p6 q7 c* H4 h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.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
) g* m/ i% _- l! v  w$ u6 X- 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.
/ Q- u# z  N0 J* A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.
4 \6 M4 n- M/ Y' L# K对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 J0 X7 z1 B6 X* aIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 B: R( C( i# o9 o) ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
: O  _" S/ }9 T$ O" p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- A) |0 J! q' d" V* R: @8 S! gWhy did I join this club?
6 c% i% t6 ^. p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？
& @+ h7 W) F' d3 q# ^( o+ SWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. N& N* L# W. JIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 \$ \9 `) k( b9 j! 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 y. [$ o9 u2 H2 t' h" E/ uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! U2 ], I1 I- q$ h. A5 @$ y: J; Q: EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
% ]- y3 `! y" e# y; q1 p8 t5 I) x我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' N2 k# @6 |9 O- {& B) sWe 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.
" I. l# H: p+ t  F6 _( T4 \* I5 |" z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.
( E8 i7 v4 V0 v" G谈论下面的话题：
9 A- N. V$ D0 fIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) l, y0 t- ?  w+ H  m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ g9 K, [7 a$ n# K. JIs it a kind of distant memory?
0 w1 U2 V1 b% s- O/ @6 `它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: ~' y. c5 L) l" m你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ l3 A; q7 _1 a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. l% l" W' E' ^2 g% j6 \2 Q  U' S0 F* y你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ |! O& f/ ]; J# K% D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
! R: K2 u% B7 n" o! h+ s* sWhat 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？
) t! |9 M, X) x$ M/ J3 x; HWhat 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？