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
# P% _$ ?: F' \, R" m( ESometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
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？
8 ?7 o9 V- o7 T/ wI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# I* r; l- Z8 n. I* 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.
) h! F( j3 o% R9 m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.
' k, t# {+ g2 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。
; F& j9 U: ~" xWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
1 q' N+ W, U4 i4 ^9 f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  Q8 W" r8 o$ i6 _8 j9 cThat's a memory problem.
' O  O% t7 p$ ]0 h* A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?
. J, H; p6 A. g4 B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？
: j: m% Q( P( b" b, D8 GAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 o0 u. j6 D% i9 w  y% ^2 \; ]在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" H3 h+ \! ?: Z6 b. XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  x$ G) |, C- q2 @$ ~+ W$ x3 G对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! u  r+ m6 u# r* }6 k# tIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" b2 G" p( ~# ]5 Q) p0 |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?
! M7 p; s. y& r: D* v& [) w为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: c& `# ^( L% m! J5 f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.
" F) P* J* e1 R* j- O/ k% H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。
1 y2 k/ a. z: t' n6 eWe 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.
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.
( o$ S+ m( R$ P1 B6 W问为什么没什么问题。
! o8 O, M1 I6 L. QIn 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。
Talk about it.
4 a/ `0 g& D2 i& @0 n谈论下面的话题：
0 _9 u9 }+ p3 e' z2 [$ f9 wIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; x6 U' ]: O; V$ R2 Q, F- Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: D1 {* z7 e3 c' w: s" j/ g$ P: zIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 c) l0 I7 Q# _: `, j* Q它是一种遥远的记忆？
  Q- d3 v3 I( y; q; ]7 U9 U6 aDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
! |! [- M* k$ d7 ]( E5 O你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ M& H' k8 q5 t/ N$ k: z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
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？
* A% q- i. R4 m& ?' l6 ]( b& K% T; dWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) p* ~% z* {: C' N; G2 C3 h5 r还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- j0 X$ \7 U/ }7 _' sWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' r9 X, C/ W, F% b7 E% m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？