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
& }% B2 m# L. ^  h5 jSometimes 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。
4 r6 R- n/ y( e6 @4 lHave 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.
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。
) [. @' c. ^+ i3 \2 }& lWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% N9 w/ F8 T2 X9 f! |9 M哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
, o. ?6 S, |/ _& SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# b! ?" R' k/ x) v6 pI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; t# g: X' ?: Z- F# T5 O$ F, M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？
2 g" P* r" u. S/ R5 mAt 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.
9 s3 E) @' B; j' v9 I# M  f对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 A5 O0 F3 q4 b* s' QIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
- O( g4 _+ U% d! }Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 k1 T* W2 |% X% `4 aWhy did I join this club?
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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
3 Y1 A. y& t5 v* H/ vIf 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。
- a' P* e6 m2 FI 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。
. C: z6 O3 N% v# V# A8 fWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ u5 r4 @2 G) V  H7 bWe 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。
* `7 D5 M. @: d' d! BThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& }: y1 I: x9 }' J3 @- c; N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.
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。
. c# J5 N9 J8 y0 i$ Q$ ]& v* fTalk 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?
4 |! O7 H* F# f" b* q$ l8 o8 M它是一种遥远的记忆？
& c1 x! |/ k* [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. \; _& _% N4 p8 n% ^How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 B& ~- Q' ?5 n3 d你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: M9 E+ j5 P: Q1 W& j4 _你写备忘录吗？
* X1 U6 F, H. X$ U8 f' RDoes 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?
- L8 G- p: x# `1 n% d5 ~  ?还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 U1 }) `6 a6 c0 I/ M  O2 t9 f; @What 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？