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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. R+ S. d  b' g$ q. l& H' j; y! }记住我们为什么做某事
( X9 J" r! _, N5 j4 J" BSometimes 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。
; U& y  a, v2 C" XHave 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。
; ^4 U& D/ ~6 ?& G# W5 }I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 ]( Y8 g' i- W( {) `' }$ t# j; K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.
, S; E% H. a2 @! V这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 a' h/ U/ r1 Y- xBut 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
$ T: p7 I% A. v3 W( E1 f8 G! dFor 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?
! E# G! I0 v3 o; N' i, e4 T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 ~  ]/ b5 O* {& N4 h% O( _为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: ?! u5 w$ S- n% ^% `If 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。
6 l% n2 C- D) pI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; q2 ~0 ^- M; p- C# @, R我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' x% [9 V) t( @  D+ l$ s* hOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' S* q+ y6 x" l0 Q  _' vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
4 C4 E) {' l. @- B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: U7 I  b6 ~7 e+ IWe 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。
( X1 @0 C& G1 X0 n- H& sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
* Q7 u+ l- g( `# V8 T; a问为什么没什么问题。
6 f; w/ S5 t# p6 K- ]& L2 wIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, a4 c; T( J0 x  b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.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 Q" q8 [% V; A$ i8 \2 J* C% l- Z% ?* W你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 t9 s" K1 Y( m. h7 j1 [Is it a kind of distant memory?
" T6 f& a% X) s4 _; q# M+ U它是一种遥远的记忆？
- w1 k6 c2 x; t' S- ?( \! dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; B6 T' v! `6 H, e# p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?
1 Z7 _3 v" C6 L# |: D( h你写备忘录吗？
5 ^# h8 U1 ?- \Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, c4 z$ q$ [6 V3 v9 q! L6 O4 j" `, _, d, q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- z3 i: S' \* h) Q( QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ h9 ^3 `  c1 ]3 \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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？