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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) J- s1 x% }: {7 Y4 ?) _1 a- _Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" I7 `; q1 t& m9 v4 h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ q! D( d" B$ P6 K( p$ L- }+ nI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
6 z/ W5 C, r  F! q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.
/ j7 M; [" C6 R9 r! O4 o( t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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- G" ~! y6 a3 v5 Q5 G9 z7 O. q- dBut 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？
5 r- J! [0 U% n( d  d; CAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
: }/ l# `- M' R' L+ B6 b/ |" p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。
* \3 B4 _: m5 FIt'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?
0 H! v  O# g9 v- q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
% _8 ~# h6 Y5 s. S6 x! u- {/ N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" ~1 a. C, n' a5 rWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 {* O, H" O# _. A! M. NWhy did I get married?
3 W8 B7 n) S% u. N$ n: p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.
5 W4 h$ ~  I9 R4 `! k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。
: K4 r* L0 Q% ]$ gI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 O) U3 r. Y+ L. X$ w5 N/ G* CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 ], u6 M; O8 R" K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 e1 R/ B9 @% H% ?0 s" Q5 \2 IWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
& q) X. q9 o+ i; v  v$ `) _问为什么没什么问题。
3 ~! `* d0 U* c% G* J0 @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 N/ x2 n- t  y% O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.
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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?
" g# S; j( n. d4 L0 @% g4 ^' F% b它是一种遥远的记忆？
! A6 P: L6 W! W, X+ O9 l/ J' SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# c: Q2 V' g! y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？
Do you write memos?
6 r' g6 Z, A' N* ]9 H你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! N; X' O5 f4 c/ w/ e6 K& ]你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. c! t3 E; G. z7 DWhat 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？
! i$ w6 h  n* ]3 o# p% d6 v$ c* a5 yWhat 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？