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
8 z8 I0 M  c+ l% g: m6 @Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 A, T8 e) z: B1 F7 y: H7 l有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
- V' a5 C/ k1 H0 o  n+ `- J你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 b' e4 r" B) }. d5 v+ b& V我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 M6 `& F: T8 s: O, ]I 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.
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。
! i# [" m3 y1 `/ ^Well, 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.
3 m3 g9 J& k5 K这是一个记忆问题。
4 D. E8 O# b6 g$ q1 @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# N" E, P0 T1 f. @8 wBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: V  ?; o! M$ [3 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？
- [; t) J- ~# W9 d% s9 o% M1 ?2 J0 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 C. u% t  L% J; \) r# C在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 [8 M1 u3 a/ O) q5 Q4 MFor 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。
  c! N: J* k+ |4 k" i  i8 IIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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5 `  O3 i1 v6 j) g1 K# \Why did I start to learn a language?
1 c5 S7 Z; x, I" D  V为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ r' i& [7 z2 Y" h  [# r0 Y( [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 H9 m* j% v# I( D0 M0 }' HWhy my friend was this person?
* p8 d( r. H9 u为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; {8 V. o2 K7 F# }! M2 W4 z' wWhy did I get married?
: r: L8 N9 ?6 c' }) X为什么我要结婚？
" _6 Z% ]% z6 |1 Y* G" OIf 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.
7 `) @0 J3 }* Y8 D) M3 H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.
* q) f! D- Z8 U( m我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: I) w5 ^/ w( Y2 o+ t# gWe 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。
% g. @% I" x$ Q* }! GThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
" A' P& Z" H" C  C% V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。
0 `# Q' P$ |( G: a8 C% zTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; c' ^) m' }8 A" |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？
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?
2 k+ ~3 r  ?0 O! y6 a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
# D" R6 F0 K7 h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？
4 Q' H0 I% n8 c7 k( tWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  [' M" ?. ?! \# 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？