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
. w' `/ r$ p0 Z; KSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& F  [& [/ a! X) ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) d* J7 ^/ n& A0 ]  ?$ F; ]! OHave you ever done that?
; t9 X) Y5 K. T5 J6 O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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 Q3 Y3 I# ~- G* ]; X" ]And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 c& I% |' }7 d; M, V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。
2 @3 n5 r: Z9 m. B# S2 z* m) S% QWell, 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。
5 i/ o& `3 k1 ]9 {7 Q  ^. H' s( }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?
/ |8 ?. M& }8 @* o* v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？
7 t  P. b2 u# }At one point, there was a reason we do something.
* O, a  v/ y: P2 R: D- X4 J  e在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
7 C! g8 H6 D' S  X8 z8 ^/ o  XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 h+ ?; c: m" {- o0 j5 ^1 i- k: K对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( X* `* ^% u, J, P6 D/ ^2 d* I$ o6 d总是可以问问自己为什么。
, }3 \: O  m- N3 s& K5 E! tWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 A8 F  J, z, A) d3 _2 e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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
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.
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We stop starting. We quit the club.
. ?7 \1 N! g# {8 t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 W& ]5 n) B8 c6 FWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* W( x0 |: }  E) P1 @7 \我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 M2 {! D1 e$ V1 _2 l0 k1 w  JThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
. a( h: r# Z$ b2 ]# E9 o4 w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.
; {, ]" d" S* u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？
8 k3 f! c. l# l6 @Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 S- m! o+ S0 ]  F( ?) H/ LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, C* j$ X5 K! h9 E* h7 k: L. v你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 V- C' Q: I$ }5 }  ~  e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?
" @; x. j1 I; G0 _6 l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?
8 S3 V& F1 [! C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？