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

% L4 I, _; e2 _; q+ A( Z( a- _- h记住我们为什么做某事
* \0 Y4 ~# J  {- G& bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# z( t5 t" ^3 }) `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？
1 H  T: ?, [: x% {& T3 s& }% R* mI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; {$ e9 ?* \8 b9 D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.
& B7 C* H, Z7 ?7 w: c. g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.
. a7 `: I5 z' K& E* V) a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。
1 F9 }5 g5 ]+ k' V: {3 KI guess that counts too.
; K8 p5 @, C1 l我想那很重要。
+ c( h: [3 o! Y$ ]But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 n" O5 G' N& o) }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.
! s# L( ]# E9 d在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: T4 x5 a$ E& C* H5 v- c  CFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
* ?9 q5 B/ @/ _2 b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 d' A5 U" p/ C, D% }0 y: Y  c总是可以问问自己为什么。
% h# t( i& K# ?5 E" G& n7 sWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& ~* I# ?  }6 C& s, ^' @7 b& F% o) QWhy did I join this club?
+ [' H0 ?' x7 n: w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* g/ p5 g, E& X4 IWhy my friend was this person?
: u; i4 S' _. g+ {8 E$ H5 q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 r, c6 W% J" ]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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
) k* k% j5 j0 w+ G( g8 l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 m2 h5 S9 k( j4 r/ a# s7 yWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ b6 I/ [( H' p. }: e1 cWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; E! ?7 F0 c% N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: k, Q% o/ V! w/ |  j2 N3 R# yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
% E7 u7 i1 X. M7 ]问为什么没什么问题。
+ \/ u: A+ ?' }In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
9 W6 x6 P5 z' t* F* n& _1 I# m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。
4 I2 N) m9 R" [Talk about it.
$ K# W; C7 j4 f5 R1 q( F! p谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. t1 V4 X: V: S$ k$ c# E5 g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?
+ F  s% m+ q* ]2 A- A* H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……
1 w- s) c+ h. w) g# ~( GHow 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?
; s! o( H; l% Y2 ]  E# }6 x你写备忘录吗？
4 L0 c% z! B  o' E. L; V! GDoes 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?
: W( g$ ~  |! I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？