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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% X* [1 W) H/ V# I3 f记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: y0 m: `2 }3 q" u3 Z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
9 g& m( I/ X" o% y: g4 vHave you ever done that?
& O7 T6 D& T( @: r' Z/ x$ ?# N你曾有过这种经历吗？
  f: m+ ?! v3 E6 Z9 kI'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.
8 c' ~5 @+ B5 k* E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.
* I6 w) e. x  \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。
+ H  P9 _9 l% s7 l8 pWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 ?3 c6 b& r4 T3 z+ _哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
% V" o6 ^' P: Q2 S3 o1 qThat's a memory problem.
- n. v6 t0 x7 a! P. h% f7 Y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# R% c# I0 W7 r( j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？
) P' m% \3 h5 k7 X( mAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 l" D+ n) U3 z! E2 j, e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.
# y+ a: I# E, F6 s4 m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。
% P8 e9 a! t; g& J  oWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 j9 H' w( P% |; n4 q5 T  I9 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, E" M  I9 o) s5 ~3 V  S为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# G- j- {2 {, o$ j  iWhy my friend was this person?
, v, v: ~( @+ \5 w9 B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
9 J( ]0 i! ?8 t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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
; P) S1 O$ e7 Q: I' l我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 U8 l6 ?4 z: |" k, v0 FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 X+ e! U$ O3 k否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 Y7 g8 x( C1 f: P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。
% Y& I8 [3 a7 W) f" r+ e! a5 a- d5 hThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' e; v1 m% }# ?& y& P8 y8 Q3 F问为什么没什么问题。
0 ^/ f  H" O2 j( S9 V6 p" y: KIn 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.
谈论下面的话题：
* p+ O! d0 C1 W6 ?( d4 LIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! m! k- `* m% C你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ e' m9 l, f* v$ M: q- y6 n0 yIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 W" q% Z& y% ]6 L3 b$ oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& K$ @7 |# X( X3 l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？
" m0 P0 P7 z1 @& sDo 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？
/ B4 q) {0 [/ c, q0 s: E% VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& [; q& X, F/ g) ~* |- n还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
, k& K8 f+ T/ ?What 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？