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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5 w+ u7 x) t5 P: M9 l1 j记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. `# X. p6 r: i8 ^/ |有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
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。
1 y/ b2 s' @- o* b( n' j) CI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 ]' r# ?& U! Q& X8 D, m" l3 X' t0 M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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
- v$ o1 J! p' |- }' e+ B哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
9 L' V9 b# E( p) Z( ]这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* r0 {, h% c: o. h我想那很重要。
" \" }- Z0 F: N1 W4 uBut 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.
, j1 t" @3 Y7 p2 T在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 q7 Y) ]9 S* d& EFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& w  x3 _2 S. o  @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 `9 m1 ]$ m4 p2 TWhy 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?
4 k( J) {& q7 A) t1 w7 H- M1 M为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# H6 [. n  k7 N0 a/ aWhy my friend was this person?
% O% L5 R  t5 q2 d$ _% K. [% S为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: E1 C$ A# B! _' C( fIf 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.
# Y6 q; J" B" I5 a5 k( _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.
; T2 H2 u( d% ?# ^  z' T3 n否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 z! Z; i8 [, sWe stop starting. We quit the club.
" H. ~/ ~9 A3 [: a( u7 S" \2 _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
' l$ R6 N0 c! D8 u+ j5 R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。
" G9 {, g0 a2 P! X6 j4 v! [Talk about it.
) u# ]; t' q: `- d谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 ]( b' `: C6 E8 o' u3 z3 b( g! N) F( @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?
; K1 D) l  P& A# g! r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" ?2 z' \" h( `3 V, A$ v/ UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ [* m. r# J& @, G你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( o# f5 S  R9 u" q1 q6 {* TWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 F3 \3 N8 \$ k5 K  m6 Y" d# w: M还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& \/ Z* ?, p; `What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! d( ~- B0 v( f5 i' p% q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？