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

- J2 \9 z" {6 [1 m' p9 f" N记住我们为什么做某事
  e, [* I  O$ q$ USometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 K& t( ]8 A" @% c0 u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
2 D  O5 i( A, R. w% BHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
* X$ H4 s* }$ M2 J+ L6 pI'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。
; c+ F* u: `% u' Q& f+ N4 rI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# E1 J) r( v) h7 b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.
( T4 V( p! U6 \3 v" b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.
+ w# `. g3 W6 T7 w哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
; B% S0 ^$ E$ UI guess that counts too.
& ?% g: s1 \, Z" \$ I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？
/ ]+ d) e6 t4 Y- E7 F! f' N. ^6 }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。
1 b4 F" ~( D: U4 cFor 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。
  |2 Q( K  F) ^- WIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
7 M' [1 Y( W7 A; w% d9 w0 MWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
2 q0 ?$ S4 L( D% `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
8 L8 T1 B9 b. M& y8 }为什么我要结婚？
' e7 i# ?- u7 t' I/ PIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
: l* J  B3 ~9 l' n! v: S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.
# L7 r+ J8 c$ |/ @$ M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 s$ p9 y$ }0 y/ e8 |我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& z! l5 p* J! F) ~6 IWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' s2 [$ p$ a) G# M9 y  b) _7 W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。
; ~% C9 Z6 I, ^7 oIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- B2 t7 [% }$ {( N: s# Q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?
  p2 z8 q4 H* k$ {" m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# G1 w. q6 a' Z% V6 a9 H0 H* RIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! Z; Q$ x5 p8 HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' [+ f( d( o4 _# U) y5 y; P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* a* [/ [3 c, ~% d. C) qDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; l/ O- B/ ~4 o" P3 E0 x, L9 `! tDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 S' r0 M* @; S- z* ^你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ n  r5 n- V) T( dWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
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 V# k' X* e& s1 n; Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？