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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' \) c8 n* k& ySometimes 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?
% d/ h: J- ^9 R# s6 F5 k  f6 _你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ q% Z* t( X! d& L我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
/ n5 T5 G8 H  B/ M/ t! }I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
2 O# k- J0 N3 h5 F( t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.
0 R' J4 ?+ b7 j. g. g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。
4 S" T; N( [+ `7 F9 E) UWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  V3 b. }) U% f5 x0 A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
6 O4 H) x# J# }2 Q6 }" T9 [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?
, H+ }& `) R* V$ J4 M* X& @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.
/ D' c& ?7 m( x7 B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.
9 Q- r2 p& u9 l) f8 ]对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: N2 e; }  k( e" b- ?$ vIt'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?
7 x0 Q8 h1 G- f  V! ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 d$ h, B/ F/ k/ {, w- ]4 WWhy did I join this club?
' M+ }; Z6 u1 c" A- W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？
4 z2 S# h3 }: H3 y2 {& e9 k# FWhy did I get married?
! D3 i. w5 z9 V6 k. c6 }5 c3 H6 j  o' L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.
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。
/ E' d+ s, I# E) C$ ^( \I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# P7 O/ J% d4 n+ `1 iOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ Y$ x$ l. g8 g: s7 x! {% }We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ Q( ]( o. c% l. g- UWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  O/ {! j9 J0 W4 @' u我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- ?. `6 f- R" q/ _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.
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.
# F% H# `- w! f" b& q* y谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, [" `  H! T/ o你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- W0 V2 I- p$ A  c. o. l& H, R2 FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 A0 Z5 ~7 p! f9 s你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 f6 F. ?4 K/ P& \Do you write memos?
/ y& k4 @5 T2 U( v* a你写备忘录吗？
, Z9 j* o' R4 ^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？
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？
& J8 r0 r8 d/ s1 sWhat 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？