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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; Q* n5 ]+ @( L  c记住我们为什么做某事
) f+ L2 `9 t0 l- I+ p8 J7 t9 {Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- v! F" Z+ X) |3 |1 Y7 B+ ?有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 u& y3 W5 H6 B: w1 {4 ]你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ n, t, H' ]: |8 q# o我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# f. f  B! T+ W! _+ e& h( sI 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.
. ~4 T! T0 }+ f  k( R这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. u6 K4 K9 _2 q1 ?8 S4 g" [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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# r3 o% X) x" J7 b7 G( g1 KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 }. H/ O" n& h对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
* s9 ~# r, ~' [4 H) t5 }总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 [. W/ U8 e& LWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" S/ ^6 I: x  N5 w& s; aWhy did I join this club?
$ J$ i" T1 k! _3 c* W7 c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ ^( T  z; ~& Y+ {1 wWhy my friend was this person?
* R, P" o7 b, D& g) l/ A8 B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
/ t2 l) S$ b( u7 ?, i' w! xIf 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。
3 Q1 H: k4 m9 f: V" s: EI think we need indeed remind us of why.
* I8 k3 P6 W+ e' A/ D" T. M8 w我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' d7 N" j1 V4 |* e" AOr 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.
3 W* K5 e# A) q0 {8 g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, i; Q0 O4 S( ]/ YThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
" Z# j2 U6 }$ s1 L) [: x' \问为什么没什么问题。
9 v8 T" M3 H; uIn 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。
0 J. }, ~0 J4 _' o6 d" STalk 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？
4 Z8 G6 p, x/ YIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ R5 A5 U9 h' r6 tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
% V7 ^" ?- J& M2 J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 j# l; D* m: R5 t4 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- x# S, L3 Q4 Z. r: [Do you write memos?
, Y) d( q- \7 H! P; d; B3 V3 ?你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# a. X* a, `( o3 a  l! j你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
5 H) H7 q% V9 e5 \& X; ~! IWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
" p% |5 I+ i; ]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?
; }3 [! A5 [$ j! m/ Q% U9 g; P/ [你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？