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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记住我们为什么做某事
- s3 c( ^8 i8 ^' j5 z4 LSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& y) D4 Y! ]$ a9 m9 @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。
I 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.
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.
# k* I. r# U' g哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
7 R. W' e2 m- b% x. S( F% GThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: L, A  `' J3 ^) l2 o$ p3 Z6 s- eI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
4 K% `" G: s" H! O- XBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 [$ O/ R3 j+ w$ u, l3 @- A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？
; N; b* Q& ~  V2 c; |At one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ G8 t$ j! X# W* C* O# _% f: B  r在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
; t9 }/ B3 ~: f' {" H/ jFor 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. d; U, V- D& e( `. N) vIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 ~2 y8 ?1 O8 ?1 |) I/ x1 ^: q- T( vWhy 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?
0 j# R9 }; C( k2 R8 N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% ?/ y( b. O. b( I0 {* A+ ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 A+ [( D; ]3 C# \4 ^" a4 uWhy did I get married?
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.
5 n8 w9 ]: j# q) B! P% ^* J* Y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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 Z# K  L. z0 K4 R& o3 y. c! q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 p6 D! _  D: fWe 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。
0 u4 n7 W5 R4 F' K2 TThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
9 p: X: o) r+ R9 E0 q& s7 J) _0 ~问为什么没什么问题。
3 {( @% U3 C1 l2 o% L( `% MIn 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。
* }: w- `; H* q. f2 G3 gTalk about it.
  k+ Y" E9 u" H1 V7 h- V; z谈论下面的话题：
  I5 e! a1 F1 f! Q4 dIs 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？
- Z. S, y4 K1 qIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 Z* k0 s* x1 G3 R/ PDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& J2 T$ y8 n) K: F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 g2 C( O) T. f. z& [# D3 [* ^0 f  x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, |( P3 a" ]$ u& {( x! l6 ODo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
& z; M$ a+ I- q+ u) i2 R+ `$ EWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, N, D2 R5 |3 u" ^还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
+ L, D* B9 A0 C  r% iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 J8 X# O% U2 B7 `: E( D: z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？