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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' B0 H; j  g6 r% @记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 V6 i1 \5 r3 D* K& f有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
: T( P; M7 X1 x你曾有过这种经历吗？
: L6 x4 l2 K3 K+ N% JI'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。
7 M5 {) o/ F' e# fI 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.
7 h  z, C: |: r( q9 D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。
& P1 d2 u. y6 [3 E( t$ |6 Q# \Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) f* K* T; v% n8 B- O* e8 Z' y% }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。
) k9 z" P) K0 z+ f, t! xI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# M  W* ^2 W- ^7 e9 b9 yBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 E! {) O0 k7 i3 {$ \  J; [8 t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？
) |. ]1 ~5 K4 c: g# ?' ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
! K2 I, l2 P% M# G4 D在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
7 u* X8 ^0 m; ~+ A7 wFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 [" d. q% h7 v; ^7 U% ~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?
2 T4 |% a, b  s9 e' L: B4 P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
1 c& e$ _; B* N% ]4 a  X, ?, DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; U! l* g5 X. V" A! P* }( A8 j; a* R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。
* K8 v" P+ d' x" @I think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 X" \" ~1 n- r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.
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。
. _) e; y6 e& k/ `+ ]  BWe 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。
' S9 C! j) [9 cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 Y4 C- ?/ R2 |7 ~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。
5 A* R: I, ]1 s5 j& ?0 i: F5 r9 CTalk about it.
& @( V, r1 S3 r/ d' a' z谈论下面的话题：
* J; R8 m, T: m+ ^5 Q( O. u2 FIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 e4 t0 i/ g; z9 P# v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?
) A$ ]* h/ X4 h它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" ^8 a& H/ B/ J& d% p$ D' H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？
1 [& {9 Z! M6 C; W+ N2 xDo 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？
* q3 E& n8 ~9 N7 R9 i1 IWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
# v7 V3 @0 l' |( u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？