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

' b: c3 u9 G- ^记住我们为什么做某事
: w: C0 O# J# Z, g# G$ j, Q/ zSometimes 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？
6 ?* D* \* W& w" r& v' K/ QI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: L% D% |8 R1 E, o: R9 k& ~6 y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
. n' S6 [! o' u& C1 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.
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。
$ u3 d  t, ?& K! `* sWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& @$ }& `6 T) K1 T% ]7 P哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 x' h- Q4 o  U( u7 R$ yThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
: u- H$ m: H( F9 ^& t8 o- \( @我想那很重要。
9 _& \7 Z4 O: g+ I7 M( [But 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" |$ v! c: B/ `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.
! X( K( }- ]& z8 v& O对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 u# a4 j& i, C) F总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 F# f; X- w# U0 L; h7 A) F$ }/ c" MWhy 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？
6 o) M7 T1 y0 ^7 n8 f( HWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- `4 i9 T+ f/ B" l& ^6 i, }1 ^Why did I get married?
7 f$ z& V' {/ L5 H/ T为什么我要结婚？
- \" {4 v. ]5 t' P2 ^- y- cIf 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。
, B. _( g" B1 ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
4 F9 A( x4 Y9 Y8 w2 N: B否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
5 R! h+ t7 q; l, M/ d7 O5 k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.
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.
: l! D) P7 j2 O3 ?' s/ j8 |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。
! D8 I" `1 F0 \$ M* eTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ U$ q+ c' T- {" d1 e3 @" @! Y8 Z" u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# |7 b6 ?& G# }+ _它是一种遥远的记忆？
. T4 T3 u% I' m5 h0 nDid 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？
" U& L, \% T7 D& }2 w. ^2 F( ^Do you write memos?
) v5 u( c2 S! a6 [3 E你写备忘录吗？
7 M$ ]4 Z3 }3 c( n  ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; q; I! M1 b" \( D% C7 c; Z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?
! E7 w: _9 h9 J7 I+ z, b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?
" ^- V) ?/ j0 y8 r4 ?5 D你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？