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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ q6 y3 R5 r8 L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ O6 T9 r* N0 r' r- ]Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 D! r6 D; Q. T4 v; m3 ]I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- x. C) L# s1 s/ \我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
8 B, x1 a* Z4 i- z( G, `2 X+ yI 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.
- f6 F% z7 X$ V9 }- u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.
2 B; C, ]" ]6 P  [2 E哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
, X4 H! g6 i( O) e! `这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
' p; n: b; i" V' rBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 U0 g8 X6 o5 X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.
, \& ^4 R% H( Z0 o: C9 M9 e/ v, y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( j6 i0 H  z' W" B* z- w2 [! J总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 u* ^7 ~; ~4 e$ _& W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？
Why my friend was this person?
+ A0 @5 P6 U+ H( R为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 Y: k4 ~8 w! {* \4 @' l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.
4 v" [% ^9 r. d; q5 E8 X- b, ^* }. I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.
5 B7 }) G& p1 ^, [1 |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# C# t3 z( F2 L$ n4 e我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! [0 M' p0 ?$ a& D. b1 D7 l4 mWe 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。
5 A- P# j- N& M& k9 K  O! R$ y. `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- {  Y, |3 g+ E# L# {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。
Talk about it.
3 v( G# R$ o' m" 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?
/ ]0 q2 @! W2 n- h3 [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?
# B9 E5 z3 j( s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？
/ W* g! C& {+ ^8 }, |* n; ?Does 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？
& O; T8 c- }+ JWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 U& H6 \8 ~, z: ~) k5 ]: U/ i2 g你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？