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
! i5 O" m% u/ t& ~% _5 q. YSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
! o3 v0 M3 L2 T6 v有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 e6 u/ U9 Q: ~) |7 x) O) I+ w( aI'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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' {/ O* {0 ?  U- H2 R我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 V3 F" |2 c3 ^- o. m& ?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。
9 Q3 O+ h) Y0 u* hThat's a memory problem.
# }7 c, q% _5 e. V6 I9 S6 [这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
, [: a* m9 S, h7 o$ `0 `* M' ?在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ L& x$ d, {# o( }5 `* R4 fFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 F1 B( z0 @: @! Y3 U! o9 ^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?
) `6 r4 T6 r" I7 B/ c$ K4 q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
- E( d: D# }3 n/ D6 D$ a6 V为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, f' G; G5 W4 B  v& L" C6 n$ X为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
) k; o8 \4 m& v7 e4 S+ k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。
$ |& G& L( L& @- o! g' ]' gI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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。
3 e2 O6 w5 X5 T, `7 r7 PWe stop starting. We quit the club.
) d: [% Y7 ]8 H我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# w! `% K) ]: ~* w" f5 X9 eWe 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.
# @8 \( }" E: [) [4 \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.
" @, A9 R7 O- b5 l, [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.
! }; i- Q5 G" a' Y谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" S% [( Q+ ]$ }$ d你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; u; }8 i" o" N# |) b% CIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
- s0 E# D, T2 iDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* E2 {# m, B, p! G7 y9 x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) p9 r9 y0 i( @4 l' THow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
5 K  F. W' r6 J6 |% T# l! yDoes 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?
8 M- E8 e0 c+ K. K6 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？