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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$ `% Y5 X6 J2 W# c记住我们为什么做某事
8 \* l6 V" `. R2 j" x2 `# }$ TSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( A3 X( p  X# p4 Y+ X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？
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。
% V& v3 ~) F; E6 RI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 ~: `7 q  q. K我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! U: a  v4 u2 z2 KAnd 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.
( s& A5 s, A, K8 S% X* I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 K! j5 Q! d+ o' U( j% DThat'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？
/ m7 w. G+ F! O3 s) hAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ _/ z) _" a% ?在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
- [& a6 V: \; f: WFor 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。
+ h4 R. P8 ]3 @% p0 I' z: wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* R- q2 u0 h3 a/ F1 `! b6 W; E9 W. _总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
& C% U9 v4 ~, e0 P0 w& J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ K  n  H8 A# S7 X+ U& e" ~2 HWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- k9 H- t7 v) z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
$ g- P6 K3 f/ n  C" ]& e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.
. {7 j+ q/ Q0 V! H$ O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 D9 x" ]9 v& Z) y# |$ yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 ]$ S, Y# L0 X) fWe 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。
3 o  d  e3 a$ j( a/ C3 kThere'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.
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。
& k6 _3 z% I& `+ d. XTalk about it.
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?
$ }2 U  ~: z+ g) s' j$ ~2 F8 q0 A它是一种遥远的记忆？
8 J& b* F: j5 h3 IDid 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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
% _) q- ^$ t+ m# X9 x1 c1 ~% o$ EDoes 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？
+ t" K# n, W2 K5 g; T0 C! X$ LWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. G. l; p3 e9 m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?
6 p* J. A, W# F/ d& ~& X5 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？