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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( ?& Q9 {6 ?; h记住我们为什么做某事
; h+ h4 p, H; G: I$ A6 ISometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* p# G2 c- I7 k8 G+ 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 V$ g  \( ?* x! f你曾有过这种经历吗？
( M. x' j/ F  {) r% G2 BI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 w' S) a: u+ D5 Q% T5 }我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# B4 d- ]! J* [: ], i( kI 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.
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.
0 p/ O; {2 N  ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
/ p# x  O4 ?6 v7 f! o+ |3 P这是一个记忆问题。
0 Z: t0 ]  Y  _: U7 q  \1 lI guess that counts too.
' b, d! _7 n0 ^( f6 t6 k$ n# R1 l4 S我想那很重要。
* `+ O5 G! ]$ y: ^# S* x+ m& LBut 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？
" [8 F- g$ J2 @! P/ BAt 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 l! `' S6 \: J" U- ]For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 b/ p0 ?! O" A: T2 R( z5 c+ n对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It'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？
Why did I join this club?
7 o( n3 k4 y0 x. U$ J7 x/ ]- B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ \. f: A, Z  i3 `: Q  x& l, p8 b为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
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。
9 @. P% l- k5 u0 AOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: j! B0 |5 b/ n9 S1 e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。
& F2 v# j- z: V; k4 t' }+ T) Y+ KIn 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。
* \$ T  Z' M" pTalk about it.
* U- J3 A' A0 O+ u- E& y# n谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! \, A" N+ U' l1 `$ v你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ ]  X8 H8 z8 M" o0 UIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 e- W7 x0 }8 B7 w它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" h4 i3 {. g8 l" P7 P9 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？
Do you write memos?
" J& T& J; {; A: G, V/ I5 r( B* h' }你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 P& I, p0 Z# Q/ p- y( E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?
5 R% S# i) R. y1 I! U5 A! y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
6 A" u5 k# Z3 g: pWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: [! c1 K$ W# R' Q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？