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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7 L% L8 K9 z: O9 }% l记住我们为什么做某事
, o" W  d) @/ k1 T9 ]Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
) I# g$ E4 U  L# ^有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
2 Y& A( z$ i5 i* Q; ^% a8 G8 C! L你曾有过这种经历吗？
" p3 N" w6 o! ^9 w* eI'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.
$ z* R/ Y: O  E' L$ w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.
! S3 C/ J( p3 b; E" S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.
我想那很重要。
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？
8 D8 b! q1 w3 x" LAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
( D3 u* K, @0 ~在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
; d' v# e& S' Q6 Q' F" \For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, B4 C. _1 Z, M% T1 n* s对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
- \& [3 S* h* T% x# v; y/ vIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 r' k  C) o0 S' y; Q6 {% N/ o: ?2 iWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% n% ?0 e' t4 n% ^0 B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
  o8 k3 c4 X$ |1 Y. A8 y/ w1 q7 T: A5 h为什么我要结婚？
5 t  G( u* G, M' y+ O- L+ EIf 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.
5 T9 j& t% o0 V1 H4 u- \我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 _6 O; n* U' ^% AOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ `; m/ C& d! rWe 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.
1 {. o3 [3 _/ J1 h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.
1 U6 J3 d% p( G; B3 B9 z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.
. M  z- e6 T! m4 F' v5 C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?
" t$ @) P! f5 V/ E- J+ W' G* 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?
0 c4 A' d! a- Q) e" ]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……
6 `! j5 }$ C4 IHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' ~9 t8 R) X$ T. m0 ^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？
% q; W. c; w( T: {8 UDoes 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？
/ T7 \$ o8 i7 T' Q1 iWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 m8 C) q: j' g还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 D+ _6 x" h' F% S$ M8 B: {5 f2 qWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) z8 d( ?! r  z. n; q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？