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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: {$ k1 E  O/ T  S2 @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。
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.
5 k' k0 t/ {! d* s! T4 p4 q6 h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。
4 h* P# G, W9 l! t6 RWell, 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.
+ _2 B0 G: O. G+ E# z( s; @& N5 {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？
% V- V& G& W( U- T9 ~9 nAt 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.
- B  _' [/ |& g" C, R( Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
% Z6 l; b# G( I: q3 A* G$ g4 {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？
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？
% b! r/ U, N9 y& GIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  o& \2 s8 t) @" `% e0 o9 C0 A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。
' ?2 Y1 l6 i  U" q1 c( t1 p- VOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ F& z; F2 Y# P( l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 i" v1 X) T3 T7 J* K# N8 \0 YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 a+ J, |+ N- U0 q6 CWe 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。
  R& y4 r. k, ^5 M' }3 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
$ |) T& l5 k- \$ G/ L& HIn 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。
! K+ f' }6 u' ]0 |; N" C8 RTalk about it.
% K/ h7 T0 x# k  U  n7 q: }谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& P+ Y( {: U5 Z1 `% L- K你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: T. h# }% j& U) {( w1 DIs it a kind of distant memory?
- H" H% y6 ?7 W; }7 y它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 `8 U0 _4 P& ]8 k9 ~" lDid 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! t) X% f7 G$ Y6 `6 NDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
2 Z# g! N4 w% d6 U9 [; ?2 xWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
4 R1 X5 I/ M- |  M, P3 S5 _7 w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？