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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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。
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.
1 Q0 n6 G3 G' w我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
/ |; Z& ]( k) P, \; ]I 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.
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.
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。
I guess that counts too.
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？
3 h$ i  k- F9 ]At one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 p( N' o+ j% J" qFor 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。
9 K4 s5 ]0 Y: J1 t& [It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 B, d# S  }% k7 S3 L1 L) @, a' cWhy did I start to learn a language?
% s5 {) |' {+ `3 m# S; O$ `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 U0 q6 V# _7 F1 A; b! E7 H" ]Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" l3 w: m6 ?' p8 a! nWhy my friend was this person?
0 [1 U! j* z$ i' V/ f" a5 P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# i2 V. d# i' \" G# {Why did I get married?
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.
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。
# R# q( R& E; r3 pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ }4 d7 r, b$ IWe 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。
3 w1 l+ x: y- W$ bThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 t" Y- O% {3 F8 b8 r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.
$ i% _; q* w; j4 m; n" 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：
5 D! ~3 P0 }3 L- n# X0 ^Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 r  N3 }& b1 N) I2 B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?
# f; y! o: B3 ~# P% N5 r. p, h它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ X7 [" }( ~1 d你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. N, L* U$ f- u$ D- E" d) j你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: w, H( [1 a: x& eDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- T9 x; S" v* R' cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 L, B9 M) d2 g4 }3 z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* z! d3 e! _: }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？