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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- ]; ?& @! G+ c+ G7 j) ?* r记住我们为什么做某事
" W# B) }; `5 c6 YSometimes 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。
6 K0 E( A  M' T8 H+ F6 NHave you ever done that?
; y; b' u' j2 x$ C; S* Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
( b0 V8 d  I. M% W7 }I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; B6 H; M3 n) V% v0 A7 Y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& D1 [) h3 r! dI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! W0 K9 l. t" {( }* 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.
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。
Well, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
! E! |# q$ y! X我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! U% k$ R. f2 _# A7 B# P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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' M; j- l" {. l  y+ QFor 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。
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?
8 O4 _- j- Q; D% b( _为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& x* T2 {' Y. y  qWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ K) {* T& @7 |7 ~& K4 }$ nWhy my friend was this person?
3 ?& q8 P7 Q& |# `, J. ]( u为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 ~/ c, ^6 a* S" [/ {. m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 |# w& P" D# O) Y7 t/ H2 ~, q4 U: p$ ~I think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 h! c# D+ s- d! n+ }+ g' E我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- c4 u3 J) g. x% kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 O. _. Z# [, p否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) Q  @1 {( @7 W+ b! O( Q7 l+ _We stop starting. We quit the club.
  N# I- L% n3 i- T* v( b+ v  I我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  S( l5 e8 D  v, WWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ A/ @( r1 c" R# k1 j: I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.
2 C" L1 S2 D1 M. d. c; z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。
$ |: T9 ~1 ^' }8 u. m& a$ tTalk about it.
- t8 Q7 o. q2 {7 \4 B0 a0 d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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 {4 H. a7 }9 R# V- nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 C  w1 N7 u8 U3 o6 R" l2 Y3 V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& r, C! @# q" e5 E% O$ `( r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？
1 o' o: d5 Z/ F" z2 ]. IDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
+ @( |, }7 ]3 ?! b; uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 n0 F* X  I. P3 i- i3 ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？