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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0 o1 N# b3 j: A  N9 c* c6 `记住我们为什么做某事
7 L+ ^0 b( w  c5 K3 O4 Z/ t2 b" jSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 E9 c+ q4 F7 ?/ |有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
- P* Q3 x) T3 P; i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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 G4 _' L+ N* S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。
4 f; x! y: m: S4 d; GWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
* h3 q# k6 g# i  L. P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.
7 s7 G) P9 n0 @3 E' ~8 W3 w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？
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。
For 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.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
) P# |( o+ I0 l6 U7 w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 A6 |: }# J3 U: G5 [3 l为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 p% ?* Y, F3 b2 |: gWhy did I get married?
* E0 N& c1 [  K! M) p为什么我要结婚？
  o1 ~4 \% i  ~' ~9 Z4 ZIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ S7 \- O4 Q* _) X( N, r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。
9 M$ M; G6 O6 O3 Y  \$ ~  uI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: f. E, n8 y7 K3 c3 S) ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
" g$ W5 O2 a9 \9 C否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 D& z, o5 D  R7 aWe 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.
. m4 C$ B- {# n5 K: l' a1 F- s$ i0 m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 x! p% C$ S: A+ y0 W" @- c0 A% l! UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
; ~! F8 v4 F' F0 H问为什么没什么问题。
) ~! R5 w9 v# wIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 Z% \1 v- y' ?4 r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.
* l" `0 Y2 ^  y- d" n谈论下面的话题：
2 ^5 T6 c' L; U3 p" _; l# b. l' dIs 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: f; G& K- _" u2 ?8 Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: q( H: W$ `* w8 z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？
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？
+ l) l, ~2 ^! H* |) S% ZWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; j" ^, n: ]" K/ q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？