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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# I) |  @7 t4 T$ `' f3 |; `记住我们为什么做某事
1 O# l. ~" _/ ~, c0 SSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
1 m- _4 q) W4 _+ p; E- ~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。
+ d) h5 T7 B  y6 I  wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% V& d% {- W+ u! w6 i- n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。
5 W4 a# j$ G$ IWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
1 [; T( M/ ?7 q  ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
5 u4 V+ N! K; B0 [% ]这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
' M' F0 U7 I4 _& X$ \- z! b我想那很重要。
( y# q  \6 b3 b, tBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 r' }+ A$ L# b' v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。
, L9 Y& n# K- eFor 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。
( |4 [- q9 T/ c4 ]+ F4 Y; BIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 q9 T: b7 `* s' P  E8 J) Z9 {6 XWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 f  T" n" t% I3 m5 rWhy did I join this club?
# e/ f+ l; U1 j, F; J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？
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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: i8 u( B/ m6 y6 z4 l4 sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We 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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) X; s8 v' c" |1 dThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
3 {+ J4 ]: V3 y4 f! Y/ N) M8 S  x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.
' ?+ I% _$ R- h/ o5 g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：
5 ^# G% F. r& z. C1 PIs 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？
6 j# t! T3 r- u/ vDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# }& n# ?) o# B% OHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 _; f3 n; o8 I; w& V2 V1 I你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& E7 X% }" b) H+ z6 DDo you write memos?
+ o3 [, Y8 i, O: r& f& B' r; b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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 R9 R1 o, d& a* H* z( I还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
" m2 c4 _! K- ~0 Q2 L9 {- c7 zWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: n" X+ D; |6 O2 x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？