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
) M: ~# K1 N3 }$ B- ^Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* f! D$ c* G  A1 W+ N  N) L4 f) o. X有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 Q/ w7 B4 D7 z. O" f: Q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。
$ @' O. B+ e% s2 zI 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。
: u1 Y( P& W' O3 J# Y( l* G# oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 F9 Y1 @! v/ A+ z, Y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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
! W4 O# Y  t! M2 g这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 ?; j- B* c9 M8 `! i6 {; SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' c6 E4 w. M! [/ g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 z3 a9 U) S% p. S) ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
% [3 i7 F1 t/ u4 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( N8 R: J9 }+ A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？
; {! [( \  V7 A8 _. T. ZWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 U2 {3 p$ W4 ^* C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.
( l+ W7 \/ j) ]  T- W" d4 l! e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.
( [* R3 V, K" w0 Q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) Q; K/ Y& F; pOr 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.
. D$ D& Q0 ^: H( k9 w5 h6 }2 j我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 M: h/ i4 x& S9 V0 U3 eWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ b7 m7 h8 ~" }. Q" ?2 N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.
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。
" I. m7 \2 r' h, ZTalk about it.
2 g- Q( D/ }: `% W2 h/ e* \7 P谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 K- S% M1 p3 ~你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 V1 j+ @: M  |) _+ I" o3 GIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 G! |" T! c" R7 B) o它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ j6 {# Z, c" A; ~$ K8 `/ ^你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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?
你写备忘录吗？
- B0 m8 z0 W. \" |  P! P  KDoes 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？
+ i% W! R. c% j/ \- ?" aWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% g& v5 @! F! U4 v$ m- `还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ f4 S4 u" G6 }! X* W9 uWhat 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？