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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& Z, Q+ a, q) I; d7 V$ I记住我们为什么做某事
, W, Z( \6 u1 FSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ U9 O, @2 l$ }; W9 e) o我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# Q+ E) ]/ a5 `. P& tI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& o1 x9 a" r5 o0 C1 W, @) d) j. P我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* d  g/ `1 v2 AAnd 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。
0 k3 a7 Y% }$ I5 _! U: rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. }/ L; V0 H0 X8 \8 L哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 O$ |( h* }$ f) K8 |That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: x# u0 o- E0 F6 O; y" {; ]" Q* TI guess that counts too.
% X; w  S2 Z+ _* U/ u- o我想那很重要。
+ v3 m# N' u" ?2 S- H1 C2 CBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ a$ b6 a) i( h/ J4 J7 E+ z8 y* |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.
7 Y! E" ?2 a2 e, r' n- Z在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 {4 T& e# M$ S; q: ^% UFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
# L6 o9 _& d# k$ C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  W3 D+ ^6 R' q# T; G4 @It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 Y, w; I" H4 l2 ]总是可以问问自己为什么。
- ^! h1 }0 _* R( SWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 G) @" f/ y" ?8 _& x0 M( ~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？
8 g2 Y- p; O; F$ X3 ^' f' KWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" L6 A8 F, G+ e: QWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# n' O, q- t8 M. a" K6 L. r- {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。
7 v6 ]/ P: J% k7 [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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# H1 D' \  q6 YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- b( n( Y9 A' vWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 a, a$ s. i$ p1 w& b. Q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.
3 ?7 p  c/ |6 @" h# q问为什么没什么问题。
' R; w; _. b1 l: l! jIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" l1 u8 {6 k; z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：
Is 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？
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...
- U- ]8 M# [" W- H2 C* J& K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？
$ W8 b. l8 C  U# s, }) Z6 w5 h$ G: RDo you write memos?
' p9 w9 c) n1 M/ a# B; h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？
" x; p. \* B8 Q. j, w; p: DWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 E/ C0 c2 X7 S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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？