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

8 O0 G" G( O; i/ G9 u: t记住我们为什么做某事
( T* [# M+ J% t7 e6 dSometimes 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。
5 K) [) G1 a* w4 I6 pHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. d! L5 p" w" @  @- L% V' x+ Y+ H. xI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. B" L2 P$ F* w( H# C0 u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.
' Q$ Z, A' @4 A$ ]5 n4 M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.
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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
" `. J* ~+ K9 L: F" Z9 IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: u+ J/ M$ Z7 ^' B* c+ l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？
# H) y7 ^: a" }+ RAt 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
4 T, x+ z9 F& K4 C7 _It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- I  v$ s9 E( X2 q9 I, g! Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 m+ E8 C, Y8 B: ], VWhy did I start to learn a language?
' a' D# b* I$ O0 V为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
7 f% A( ^0 W- k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?
4 f4 G9 Y& H9 Q% C2 p为什么我要结婚？
, T7 |9 W% j5 |: z' J) `1 k" y, zIf 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。
3 _3 F$ f( u* s( }! c1 U) vI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 h) r$ _: q6 b6 x+ j. D  ~Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
) [% O: G- z7 z/ `; r  ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 L6 V9 b$ {) y0 E3 y, |We stop starting. We quit the club.
$ o8 m$ ?0 E( ?" w9 m0 o  h8 B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 |+ b( b* G+ c- g' wWe 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。
. s( T( s, U1 G3 w3 J$ p" {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
+ {( y, n" `/ c! L' G' b问为什么没什么问题。
* {3 ]) s& m: T# ~9 JIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
9 z$ |: T6 q, P2 q) W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：
. m* k5 G0 o9 s) C: l7 JIs 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?
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……
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？
' L6 Z. p$ r; X* z4 i3 j0 M( h; yDo you write memos?
* L- p$ U4 r8 e# s+ g: d你写备忘录吗？
5 U$ i) r0 q' X3 F5 iDoes 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？
+ o2 I, O( x+ J% eWhat 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？
/ h3 x6 ~% j. P+ i# t) S6 KWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. z! `$ o0 I- X9 K" |+ f你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？