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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 n6 c& g& B! r  \5 A' I5 [. u0 l0 [- {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。
0 {9 R- `( k0 T% q4 Z  n6 G& N" S% MI 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.
  q% o! P' o7 \" p0 M' G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.
# n" s  S9 ], y# Z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
2 e2 l4 z3 x  c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?
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？
# G  b8 |# V# G9 z2 W' zAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
; F: A+ b3 d! g" ?) [& X在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
- H8 b8 y# H  s7 Q2 NFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
* Y" ]) Y  E% i. C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# o3 ?; h( k4 W$ @It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 |2 T7 R3 V+ g( T# O6 o总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 @) P5 l: r! NWhy my friend was this person?
1 M9 ~( Z8 d$ r$ f& _3 k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 Z6 z9 Y0 Z+ y& S, Z- qIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 s! U' }" s: i) S; o6 K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.
* X0 O* z* J  J: S; y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( ?" {! V% q# `7 _6 r4 X$ b, \1 y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
" B$ }6 _8 g3 c3 h* e. i1 QThere'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.
  s6 D; l+ g) Q5 k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?
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...
. [! O- l) [: G/ ?8 I" X6 K% J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: U9 g6 ^' J/ B5 w- w& E5 N/ ?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？
$ [2 X7 u8 c1 V) G; BDo you write memos?
- j- H9 U; q8 I/ ^你写备忘录吗？
* Z  l( u  A+ M6 w( Q, z. ?5 R  c3 HDoes 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?
- [: N/ a4 i2 c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?
3 n  ?) _1 T" Q1 o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？