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

7 e" o: s1 J1 M" ^' K0 B; g记住我们为什么做某事
$ d) c8 Y7 C6 `Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# R, A; I# h3 Y* K: n7 `  A) G$ B有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* [4 d2 w. N! q1 PHave you ever done that?
: N( E* r/ I3 A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。
( s- N) B5 a. o( I, v9 cI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
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.
6 Y2 s: U' g6 q% a- |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.
6 {8 @9 c* {; T% J( l3 p" Z2 ?* \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
& D- J/ ?1 X  U  d这是一个记忆问题。
8 l; L9 i, L: G$ }+ x, F, nI guess that counts too.
) s) y! S8 E2 n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？
6 n4 \. f3 _( f& k, A) bAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 j# t+ W# O$ H+ f2 v) {. |; O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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
: J) g8 R+ w& TWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, n0 r; }9 A9 V7 xWhy did I join this club?
- j  ?6 K$ \" l$ _4 p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？
' T8 O! `5 v! WWhy 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.
) Q- K# U# r. @# d: b9 z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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ N5 a! M9 Q* f; W& o/ |6 f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。
4 m% s! x, B' T& y- ?; {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
5 Q) @. q, |& dIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" _/ N- Y8 U) H* o- d9 ^' 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。
" P; i2 N, S- D7 k; u, P; z  q1 i% n! w% ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ ~- A7 ~9 y8 w5 _' U( }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？
0 n& [" Z2 q- z( q- H1 `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& R* y' J" f4 @! k; T! `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 i8 m% \- C$ x/ `( V2 p你写备忘录吗？
4 {% _4 z4 Y$ i# N1 t- n5 A+ J9 ]! Q7 SDoes 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？
3 o" |9 ~# I/ I- L1 r; @. j6 OWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 ^- O7 g  \8 {  c6 T还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 |1 G" x* o: Z! e$ c. DWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  ?3 P# h: X% h& x( a+ }' _, d你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？