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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9 B. B2 b$ `. |) f8 u. a3 N% C1 H记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  ^: i  ?! N* u7 u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
9 y5 o: V8 k* fHave you ever done that?
7 ~. u/ n9 h  O0 g你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
. Q% |# P9 X. T3 L- F% n) Z( q" d; iI 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。
+ S  P; z; _# R3 V7 \. Z, yWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, N2 |- z& @, l7 R7 E" a0 s) J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
' _/ n- n- `  G9 E7 m7 d' f, Z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?
8 X3 ?: R$ _) b5 n, E& j2 g" A8 d: w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？
: a) t# }) C+ S1 M# |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。
- w  j, @* X" w8 I0 Q2 m1 T% mIt'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?
1 L' v- Y) a0 G7 m为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 r: @, |. Y5 I% n% z; B& DWhy did I join this club?
: u3 L$ C% J- E) y1 d  A7 V2 t- L为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 N- D! p. t4 H) k& DWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, `, D  L# ^# z) Q( j: s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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: N" Z/ h9 O. w- v* W! E: }8 X# NOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' |( C3 d( d+ \% J. v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
+ J' f, P6 G- k+ H' i* P  L我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* j  B" c3 u) U% Z8 w' e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.
7 n$ d" |7 U* k8 N0 ?4 R4 D8 u问为什么没什么问题。
4 q# _7 a" g* |In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! L4 d1 h, |) ?. ~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.
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？
6 z* M( r' u4 d/ E: E& ~Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
" Y1 x: v# g. O* c, g$ `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' c/ R. m% }" r6 CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 c: l; C1 G; rDo you write memos?
6 D. ?$ i# o; b  t0 A; R你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% v) E9 V8 f  m0 k) U  ^5 N3 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! d/ Q+ H. N2 z) q; e$ D$ e还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& c+ D. y, Z& u) vWhat 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？