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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  r7 u5 Q' [4 l( W% p记住我们为什么做某事
. J7 R4 G- Z. i$ r, g* 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。
Have you ever done that?
# b9 f; A$ Z. N. 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。
) h* p& ~3 [5 m8 j0 T2 y9 CI 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。
* M; E* q1 H  s: pAnd 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。
" }1 {' z1 T' A5 K$ W) ^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.
* t0 R; _& f1 N8 B; R这是一个记忆问题。
3 W( j* f) j. T+ G+ ~: x' s: m4 OI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
1 y* B% A5 d& {6 T5 A! Z' yBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 s- n  ], y3 q, C/ ?$ c7 @1 ]7 Q+ B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？
- C: O. `& K7 Q" B4 d5 p, ]At 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.
: Z; k( M: @# J9 X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- Y# |% p# Z7 Y总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 {! r% ?/ D) o- n  U; XWhy 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？
4 Q  {, g' ], B' A. |8 E; H2 B6 NWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 \2 s$ U" C  \) _. j/ j% S! AWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% o# A# v  \9 t/ [; ?, ?2 JIf 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。
) T4 B& H* ~% A8 WI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( t4 g5 w1 j$ zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
& [+ ~7 ?+ O6 _0 G$ DWe stop starting. We quit the club.
1 O& l5 p2 q. [4 S2 c4 i% h我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* |2 o9 N8 G1 L. K% @8 t3 P我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ y; F$ _1 q% x) w( h8 J# PThere'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。
" g. G9 y# @  v1 y# F( K& MTalk about it.
& U# X* H  \5 i! b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?
" b6 H7 i: v/ i它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 G; K/ F# m: o& Q7 KDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& \. c* r5 w+ W2 E6 Y( X% }* y" T9 T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？
- a# b" J% x1 x; k% jDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
  }# K/ h" G" B5 S, 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 T2 Y3 c. n0 S' ^/ B6 B5 U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?
) P% q9 F- d+ p: G* Y5 |你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？