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
% N. G6 P1 {: I! c6 X  vSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 O  R$ h' J2 ~+ b' g有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
5 s! |! K+ M! M0 H. ?. X# e( I  BHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
  X- z- N( d0 h& g  s) \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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 ~, A5 r0 y# X9 {: @' g; I我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 h' I2 X" Y% s0 \- vAnd 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。
0 ^% S& G( l7 L: g& E6 VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 l! |! P( J7 F9 M1 V% l6 ^哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ I) ]- v- @. X; T9 ]That's a memory problem.
- [9 f6 H# U/ r. M这是一个记忆问题。
8 ?2 P* T/ H. ~& m5 |' yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 Z. ~" S+ g& [3 a- s$ V+ 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  u7 g7 n2 _/ i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.
" C0 u& V6 V, n  j5 T) ~0 l5 h" }  X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
9 C; G  K+ }; i- l5 r- B* tIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
. B& W/ R  |0 s  NWhy did I start to learn a language?
" D6 ^( U. W& E/ ]# K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？
( d. U5 s" V" a  OWhy did I get married?
( }" E0 H7 w5 `+ X# h' T" t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。
2 z2 k: A+ L% @: Q' DI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 W1 Q2 L- r5 [' gOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; x! o* Y6 J8 ]% ?7 j" O$ m) uWe 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.
+ E! w% B) d$ t/ |4 W5 P4 X' _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 v; p1 Y2 s8 C# J# o5 a( B8 cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
! ^" B/ B! Y" n0 z1 L问为什么没什么问题。
6 ~+ `7 U0 E+ E9 P! wIn 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.
谈论下面的话题：
: \0 a) w" d' OIs 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？
$ J; T8 s% a  m6 TIs it a kind of distant memory?
" z9 Z1 a( T6 B$ A" S' M8 M它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 ~: r, Z) T2 t1 Z9 V( O7 B你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 V" y! r1 o# Q9 d% F0 P1 H' y$ G: b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
0 N. f, @1 H/ j. E你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 K/ ]) @5 n% W9 H& q. y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- Z4 o6 U$ r: ^5 [& K  |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! z# t2 w, L) k  W- [: `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?
. K1 ?$ x$ h7 e2 X) f, X' R你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？