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

- f8 b% k( a0 E) @) P% @记住我们为什么做某事
- x4 M9 M8 g: P# ?, B5 p: oSometimes 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。
) x5 j4 U/ S; w  P7 ]* `Have you ever done that?
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.
8 a- \" q9 U! I9 y2 ^- P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.
3 [( o- F" R) D* 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。
' V6 A7 H# m: z, nWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
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。
4 ]; |, d8 D) j* n7 Z; N. m# K5 Q- aI guess that counts too.
* D! [( Y6 z! w- G; 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.
+ v, _: ~+ E) Z* ^. x3 b在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
; a3 |7 y5 P" ^+ A2 `For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
* S/ f0 k# Z3 u) l% g' 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.
" A' N  q# s! D* N总是可以问问自己为什么。
  N  Y" P! u" D- gWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 Y2 W9 Y2 h" E" ~, X! ?$ {* \+ R$ rWhy my friend was this person?
% e" h( ?! ^  u* w7 M9 X4 Z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* z* Z' Z) Y& O1 N+ e" M" RWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, }) E& o. d. y$ gIf 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。
( T; O) j$ S. GI 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.
7 A# f! G  b% x. X$ g3 W- v2 H否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
" l& a8 |) s) s/ r我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
0 ~, A  s* O2 b& i% o5 z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.
问为什么没什么问题。
! K9 ?1 k+ o0 h( X; t5 oIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, c. G0 K+ N0 e+ ~2 I, C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。
" |. L1 k4 t* F! K6 r1 t0 PTalk about it.
" C- b7 Z) G0 h谈论下面的话题：
7 T/ g& H7 P' h4 oIs 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？
* L0 t7 P5 {" Z7 `+ g- q! pIs it a kind of distant memory?
' k% z9 v0 Y  f! g1 ]( a4 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
- C+ h  m, @4 [( g% dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# i4 \- H; K" I0 d# C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- s: \* l/ n/ F9 n) k4 C& L; l: MHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
* [. m6 ^; t4 m( _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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
6 G$ x9 }+ \" e6 z4 zWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) \3 }0 L$ c2 |5 ]# ], `: f你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？