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
& g5 a: k+ B0 K8 WSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" b' T: b  |* v( Q; R+ Y% [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。
5 j( n5 M/ f4 \# tI 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.
' Y& n( e! X+ l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。
' l. H0 {7 Y+ I1 r) ]That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ H; I# S# u4 ^- \! b1 @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？
2 J7 `4 s0 D, Z) F# {5 H4 wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 P3 l& q4 S$ \8 J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.
4 e- ~7 i5 H0 k, A' X& X/ y; g9 i对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 \6 }5 M# A& k0 m+ V9 mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
& l; X1 i- R8 Y* c. ^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？
. O8 \1 b3 s- e' S0 W. aWhy did I join this club?
! y3 r- J" u' S: c) c9 Z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？
0 G* c% [0 r' S* jWhy did I get married?
  Z  _1 f0 M; R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.
0 C, w0 _, c% n& v# n/ l( S1 n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.
' K& i7 {0 W6 Y* P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。
+ t  L6 D  q: O! cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
$ |: j  `% \+ b; V% K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。
, m- ?, |* _% S7 h& ?% l+ b' jIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! R# z4 d; V/ L) J( a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。
9 C: W6 E$ c' y3 eTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& d2 B) `% X; g. A, n你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- {. \5 N% |( q( I; \( |Is it a kind of distant memory?
" N! N( D% p' W3 f它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 ]4 }$ g4 H$ {+ ^! {" R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 l5 a% ^: q' y: Q3 K9 YHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' P2 `7 k; F  \! q: q& y8 g3 p! [& `Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
# f8 O0 f. W( i3 KDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" b8 `9 k& F  U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?
6 Q: F, [8 g3 y% j3 I# T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?
8 m; e7 U4 z7 b6 y2 l% _7 L; T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？