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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/ \1 L0 M8 }' ]9 x记住我们为什么做某事
0 B( J. P0 [. K7 {3 b5 }1 p% RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# _) H% P# c4 R有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
' k" H, _1 u+ L8 z) d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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
2 F" P, Z+ c1 k( d9 S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
% X) E: t! ~9 e& J- y# rAnd 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。
3 J) I+ G4 V, I( k3 R3 V% _2 H- hWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# _) |  E& |7 J" |7 E& C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。
0 n$ U- G: b4 C( D6 F5 rI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 x8 x, e: B4 z- k- [2 G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.
( z7 q3 e. J- p' e  B, r3 n在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" s* n$ z. n4 Y9 XFor 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?
4 V  v. u  p5 Q& p3 C* ^5 `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
1 `2 w1 J) g. e; r8 Q# p为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 H/ u' z/ Z1 V( a3 C7 u3 ~Why my friend was this person?
, n; |1 v8 g+ J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
$ t- I: ]' y' vIf 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。
! B6 e4 L7 ]6 _8 E0 DI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  H; ]/ t) n) p, d. F6 kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
  r& b& i  \& \9 ?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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" J+ }: z9 l: O" h4 Q2 i4 Y$ E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.
, i' a4 V, G9 W) A问为什么没什么问题。
% \! C7 a+ |* J3 e$ P/ Y3 t& ^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.
" R4 `* _3 Q: J5 Y谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 z. C% l9 X0 `) k% a  P3 i. i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: Y- w- ~" V& |  tIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 w5 _& U6 I! f. i4 ]Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# ^* b4 A2 p* o/ s5 T) |, N' P( V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 Y; `* K# R/ |& e4 P+ Q& `7 f你写备忘录吗？
) _  t) [2 Q* d' A+ H7 hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* S$ o' z; e2 }  ?( G" P你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
3 c+ o6 t0 a+ K/ |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 K  a* h$ r! ^2 W# q. Y; Q还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( B1 h  I! n' w7 k1 OWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ T: _& H* A$ z- A" ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？