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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3 U" }2 T& f8 b' Z' o# E* J记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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。
+ _0 z  z( G. W+ ]0 [, [  PHave you ever done that?
5 c0 t$ U8 j/ S" B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。
8 t' a+ J0 E& f( T/ r- `6 qI 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。
2 T" V8 \; G" y* e: i" AAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 ?: Q# `/ a$ E$ W2 q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.
5 B0 s, m4 Z  n( t5 L哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
6 f. f* h& A! e" h这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ m  n3 o: O  e我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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.
" q# @7 {; g4 o# j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.
$ _, {5 ~2 _& E) Y/ ^# v对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 C4 A3 b0 U( Z$ A3 V# k# k' ], TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" J3 Q0 c. L4 n% A总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ q1 A/ G! m$ Y: k6 M/ Y+ ]& E4 sWhy did I start to learn a language?
( n4 z8 J/ T4 i0 v; ^1 W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
0 E! e$ n% P/ v3 }: k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?
7 G9 V7 L/ y- z* p/ ^8 x, K3 k为什么我要结婚？
7 `8 V& K, |4 @: W: w( t/ aIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 t) C( _# M3 y: N" w! Y! u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。
' {" d( b3 h  d$ f1 }, Z" s8 EOr 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。
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。
4 O- g$ M. F+ A( c& aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
* u5 [# a) ]: }0 T5 g) j问为什么没什么问题。
; d4 c# E* X7 f/ N: b* aIn 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。
( q. F! t# C! L. c8 g' |Talk about it.
! x) t& |- D6 N/ p7 B9 V% ?+ D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？
3 M  F9 e% ]* K# v" IIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
' Y9 ?' J* z* V+ f8 X$ NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) o; f: N8 f  ^4 R! C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？
Do you write memos?
& T6 X. {* I, x' l; w1 V你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; q* W2 o. z6 k/ v1 }! J" G7 Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 R" c1 V+ J  o2 PWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
+ w9 i  S8 u0 y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 U* n: F$ u- J5 Y6 h, \2 W) XWhat 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？