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
% p2 S7 d) K! t5 Y& [6 rSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: [3 J* F1 j* x3 U' }1 W有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 W1 E* y* H2 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。
# Z; I3 z3 ?/ ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) s, u6 Z9 b' B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.
! p: W! Q. ?& d3 X# 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.
2 V; @1 w% d, u( q2 N! d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- H) o1 Z- B  G! p! W/ {. BThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
) @9 x& ]( t" R: wI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
4 n9 L1 a! T2 x) z: c3 ZBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  t# j) H4 f  @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.
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.
3 n% b5 Q, Z, I0 A  j7 ]: o/ M) ?对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
/ I) t) b  s4 T总是可以问问自己为什么。
. Q' [& S% a, r# v% \Why did I start to learn a language?
3 A& x2 M0 w5 z* ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ l+ e+ [" a5 W7 Y7 x+ rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) \% z( N3 X8 o  Z7 d7 i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; b3 V* K# y& }5 ]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.
! v+ ?5 {, ^: @7 }+ \. @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 f$ |$ u+ Y$ I+ _4 u: y* ^I think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 r8 l3 b* {+ P% C5 ?7 \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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ @! J9 r% ~1 `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.
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 ^# O8 I4 j. i3 ^/ r. q' KTalk 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？
1 x. [" S6 ^6 i5 U% YIs it a kind of distant memory?
7 O$ h1 A2 F$ f% a& L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……
& s3 v4 ^1 V6 V. S3 j/ @) m+ `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?
1 y3 c3 T. D9 ?' X4 o& d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？
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？
& X' f3 \' p0 b3 R/ x4 ?: q; |What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ {  E7 T1 y8 `' }* }7 O* d你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？