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 z$ a3 [; Q$ e# M& x记住我们为什么做某事
/ Y4 K  k* `8 i7 a0 C# v7 o# A: NSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 y# i& }2 W' P" c/ X有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, i2 Z% _0 h$ i8 e" z4 J你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 _0 o. }4 X( {% bI'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.
" u) x* L5 L  A  ~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.
0 b7 x  o1 S8 e. v+ C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.
% h0 C* R% g& u$ r这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
' p1 H. l* w& d8 b- E& f6 V% g我想那很重要。
) [9 c% v$ z" L% m: KBut 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 Z  g+ h" d4 V& j& k/ 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.
; `9 {3 y# G6 w% W总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 k# w" a6 @( r% I# I* X* KWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 n! o, K1 Q5 F* V% o" JWhy my friend was this person?
1 _! a$ c0 a, L4 h$ l! K为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. A5 N7 B+ B/ U) J! W+ GIf 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。
4 B" ]% \8 p6 Z) D+ x1 SOr 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.
- l9 \6 b1 z; k5 x9 ~9 A) G8 h$ y/ D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。
# [9 d+ H2 O) bIn 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。
. `$ M% F8 k7 ?9 f& w( W# [Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 Y, b: t: _9 n) \2 c  R. xIs 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 b9 e: j- ~+ \% q& K) N" k" M" ~& \你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* s3 `( T, j+ L你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
" G0 Y, k; I8 e9 n0 t你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, {" L6 p: c& c' y5 v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
) s: p" h$ e0 m0 D4 jWhat 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？