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

/ n0 N, a2 `, x, z& D记住我们为什么做某事
* d3 v! g% K$ ?* f* T) Z  {Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 L! Y, m2 o: |% u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 X5 i# k" s( W* n1 wHave 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.
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.
1 E* ]! X( s  L3 N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& K- b, h' N! k% W4 uAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' z. k# q7 q6 V7 z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。
# [6 B- ]6 b9 ?9 B; }8 A% x" NWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
9 H# ?4 X1 M4 i9 W- o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?
2 i6 L! T% ^& @, M2 I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.
/ n, g0 q+ u5 D+ }: t7 m2 I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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 e8 c% k0 h6 ~% L7 EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 U: V2 c, Z  u1 L4 T4 T总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ m/ M$ I/ }7 t+ x% _2 M6 K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- J; D$ v6 j1 u- w$ D8 Q# mWhy did I join this club?
  w/ j" ?* I) _5 F: `为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 }; z' w' c# o5 m6 gWhy my friend was this person?
' B/ Q3 ]9 w$ y为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ g# k  W9 |# t  u! J  M$ i. DWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
+ w+ M% W0 s. F) R5 P' QIf 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。
! B9 c5 v: b' v# M  |: Y$ u) o1 I1 wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 M/ L8 q2 n& c% B9 H- y% B  tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 P# e- A/ C* V+ LWe 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.
' t# y8 E5 a' |$ y& h9 P$ E" }我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
* c" B, t/ i4 G. ~2 `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.
" [  u9 C7 ~3 h7 `* N6 b/ Y; X/ `谈论下面的话题：
9 `7 z  [( ?" u# rIs 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?
$ h; w7 V# ]$ _: P! E# t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……
$ j2 o5 E) n8 ?1 ~- [- o2 hHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 k9 Y0 n& x" A0 o0 Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
; B2 [: q6 [6 U/ b; C$ j你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ C# w' \+ r3 ]" m% t% B/ ~9 B2 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？
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？
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？