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
# I0 y6 d4 d9 `# c+ ISometimes 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。
) a8 b0 N, r3 eHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
) n) B! t- i" e/ j) ~# J; ]+ SI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" k8 I: ^5 A1 q' i) e" _/ b% R我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
0 K) G" y. y+ H9 N$ R' Y  FI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 h9 Z, D8 [" ?$ j8 |1 _. p9 A我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- _( ~. J: e8 G8 w$ ^4 xAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 D1 ?: H: @) ~' 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.
) j9 B$ ^: l1 c: }% `) E% `" w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。
; |' [; C" ?4 D+ C5 R3 @, X( Z# ^I guess that counts too.
5 i9 r5 ~& _3 O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？
0 k( ]) D' k6 _  b, F3 x" R, Y" Y6 FAt 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.
* L$ \# g6 B, g: h( ?对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: o4 d2 H0 I* T" @4 g6 @6 y, C" NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- t! a' W! E0 b! |9 T1 m总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ r& j5 y+ T8 y( Q( M. 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?
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Why my friend was this person?
/ j6 Q/ {6 n9 D( {3 U& M( a为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 ^6 A8 [# ~/ f3 `  e7 T2 RWhy 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 }* t. G0 w' RWe 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。
There'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.
+ m3 ]! L- _! p4 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% _7 U8 w3 b2 i2 Q. T* t1 B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 d; k* Z0 N2 p. p它是一种遥远的记忆？
. \: P: ~2 g+ S* aDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 k9 {/ c$ c. ]) J  l# o1 A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 S) u0 I( R' YHow 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?
, b2 j$ b* K8 M* k1 G- R1 d+ A你写备忘录吗？
4 N! y) e! R: y4 PDoes 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?
# X% C9 y/ P! y, i还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: E8 |* m% M# E' B& ^* B1 w$ XWhat 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？