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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; r0 L* o( [; Y$ ?记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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？
0 o, k* T$ t1 U& j" _# @7 LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ |% r+ f- o8 [+ P我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 d6 B7 P$ n4 P* X) _% o6 n& LI 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.
3 a4 L% c3 }; s7 m1 U* O; s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。
- Y& j9 N5 e* @! vWell, 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。
" W- U5 V! [8 i) [, Z4 [) ]3 c% @) SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ S- B2 {& Q5 x+ I; aI guess that counts too.
- ]) p2 }3 T4 \$ g5 t4 T我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* x/ a. N3 ]( S7 \0 v5 j/ Y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？
& R$ b: [. ~! w5 R% xAt 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.
/ n$ J7 }" C: Q3 s对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ q% ?, f( m; _' @( D9 ]It'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 J8 o4 S$ U' ?) B- @为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
7 Z7 ~. j- y1 g. o9 e为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  Y8 m" ~8 C! L- q, PWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
5 ?! E4 I" h9 }2 V; q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.
2 f: m# x! f6 n6 }$ P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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 @5 ~, p9 b! r. A& J- vWe 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.
5 H, u# a1 C7 a6 E  j1 H$ B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.
! n7 B5 u0 C. R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?
( U. o2 j2 Q  ^0 E! W# Q0 Y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?
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？
/ b: ^' V: r, G, UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; h3 K8 a+ f7 k9 E9 u! RDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; M4 r! i3 d! D( U1 W你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
% k* H/ u, h9 D4 |1 _( s; mWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) b7 M& Q+ p$ L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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？