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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( M4 U) }+ }3 E* Q7 _记住我们为什么做某事
: U; g9 _) p/ XSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  S0 y( Z3 S$ I; ~" U有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
# z$ \: D) o+ M1 a8 H, L6 iHave you ever done that?
9 q( A& _1 e7 o+ u3 l7 k) C你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 K* D- R% S$ m8 K# L3 ?' ?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.
" ?1 S% R: L8 d. a$ Y. \8 q我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' V! ^$ U3 u7 g9 P5 r' {/ b, j& hAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ E1 l" k" u- x7 T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.
; z5 \; [  [- _3 e* g: U哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  X4 J, Q2 s- Q; z6 I这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! v; O/ @3 N; S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.
8 i5 ]; f: W7 n# h$ ]( G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.
3 p' A# k  c4 v. ^对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  u1 a) i4 {" Z- F9 mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
2 E) Z5 ~, G4 X- l1 t- @2 ]8 f为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; l5 u9 P+ ~, T$ MWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ i# }: g6 T. G! l- {1 ]" J: lWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) F: J& u8 K+ v# TWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" g0 U, R0 D0 Z/ L9 j. nIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
" F3 n8 E) ^# {) p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.
1 T- D! S# ~9 O+ U# l0 @我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; N, ~  r) @- [3 EOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) @. u! s/ A$ s# x  E9 G8 G7 _  XWe stop starting. We quit the club.
/ C; p. j7 y2 S0 s我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 I* ~. @7 i. ?' c. s) [8 v4 G- s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 {2 o: x2 g, ]  hThere'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.
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.
5 Q# I/ L4 L% V8 E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？
1 i0 e1 `) z5 Q3 L( X/ E1 hIs 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……
; \+ d( ]3 _* y# |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?
! z$ z: Q+ r  Z5 y6 }0 B$ G5 h你写备忘录吗？
. B: H; @0 }( X0 s. q0 LDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* ~" [" a9 F& ^! }1 I5 R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?
( Q0 }1 Q0 [! |; D: b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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？