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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+ }1 R. r4 t7 U" H$ C1 S. N0 m记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, k" o% q1 o! u  I+ }0 P0 `有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
& E- f- S" b9 T3 G* [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.
5 @5 y, a7 e! ~, p! K# Q! v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.
3 V, N! F; Q6 I# r我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' u* w) o0 H7 T: [9 uAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 {3 ?9 B  M6 m  I: C8 D7 E1 u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.
/ Z/ D3 ~) K( J! l) D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 A/ i2 z8 l1 d8 L这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
3 E8 V- _5 L: FBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. p: B- t3 P# w5 C% z# @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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 H, j3 J* M% j5 c1 YIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
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？
+ h$ @* W9 M: }! w. D# Y9 a% GWhy did I get married?
" V+ e$ A( N# i  m, n  M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.
7 T6 {% A$ l, w+ L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。
  M0 Z  o- J1 I8 x1 oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
# ^0 S! p/ J9 F3 l( c# c否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 S* V3 l8 k0 T" b. v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 C( J) p+ d( y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
( t9 q/ \1 B; [+ i5 A0 N8 ]! }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.
( U4 [" w1 y1 m' \* @$ i1 K# G0 N; q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。
/ d* c  r1 Q6 f" x' lTalk about it.
6 w2 K3 _4 t' N( d谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; w* A# Q0 c9 @; L你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" U1 i! h, b* D1 U0 i. eIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
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？
9 p* p) o, {/ b" r8 BDo you write memos?
( j% u4 i! T) a: |+ H你写备忘录吗？
% l/ }5 f& T5 `Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 i' A1 h# o  Y* u; v4 a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?
, E7 ~/ A$ r) W  A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?
# `- [9 r0 p& g, G* f! }, ^7 b你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？