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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记住我们为什么做某事
2 H7 ^& U! [, \/ H9 S0 vSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ Y8 x" P- l9 K" q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! f3 l- e9 Y! \- {, sHave you ever done that?
; P, ], X! J7 J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。
2 |) y, }) ?3 B9 BI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ W' U, t( x' e* M5 D' |/ c$ c我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# }+ m6 W. K! \# F3 B9 YAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 v) [1 a' t5 c, R" v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.
! N; S6 ~( |$ @9 N哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ |' V' o& t* |+ O0 w  G( x3 T9 vThat's a memory problem.
% T* K6 k3 ~7 B, j% a这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 ^2 m3 V' G# C- u' s# c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？
* k0 H5 G+ k: HAt 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.
# U  ?' o# r/ W. I& F1 g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
. ^: q& a% I; R2 r( p总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 \* F! a1 T% D! v& b) Z* b# gWhy did I start to learn a language?
- u1 C# i: a/ R! P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
# B$ X; E6 V' M3 i) e; h为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
* o9 b( d. B$ H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% Y! S# q6 E( v5 B5 L3 w( b) LWhy did I get married?
: k' W# e: V/ G. _/ Z, Q' C* P1 ]为什么我要结婚？
6 I5 r# a' W3 VIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# n+ W; O' L  J' @4 V# L- q3 n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。
) Q7 y& C9 D1 k* @2 @8 DI 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.
1 q5 Y5 F! I: ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# L' p9 A! @* I9 DWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( D' X5 F! n0 @( IWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. D3 J' Q) ?; N$ Y3 x* j我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
! \2 g7 ]" E$ ^. e问为什么没什么问题。
* ^- v4 s4 H' C9 C8 HIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 ~7 J  q! z- z, q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：
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?
8 g$ F  H  s2 n6 \, Z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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: r+ I7 `, J6 p! I+ HDo you write memos?
7 f' @+ E2 m4 [; ?你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 H9 X! s- j; [) o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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* e( e1 s0 f. ^* C- yWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 J" U: ?: X' M0 A9 V你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？