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

- y& j9 t3 h( |9 F记住我们为什么做某事
4 Y9 v. \! p, K$ m# a0 k* S9 bSometimes 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。
0 ^2 I8 W2 F9 e7 ]6 @Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 ^! C$ C% Q8 r! m, [" c我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
4 `$ L' y* x# a# t1 bI 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。
  T$ w" N1 {, j8 M+ a+ v! D9 E+ yWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: c+ \  @, e8 d6 b" v- X哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
0 h3 b- M. W" a! m# M$ Z+ ~& b, kThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
) i- m: s9 H. j: T4 r+ X! VI guess that counts too.
# ?. g5 u7 u5 R/ D' ]9 c2 {我想那很重要。
$ N7 O/ [' B* p7 H4 U4 @2 SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ M' S( m+ t6 J% ]3 ?" y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？
0 Z; W, e  ]* \) OAt 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。
7 a& e# D* Q2 A- i( X7 QIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 u! L( D: L4 P  q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？
# q# W; W' x* ~/ W, R: ?Why did I join this club?
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?
- X3 ?4 g% q. A* c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.
" ]0 o* h* e8 g# E- m) I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。
2 a% C5 Q8 c  m" vOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
, N) z0 m, l5 V  q9 f2 |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
4 _1 O/ d& {) g0 M: c  B% a& K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; b; j, S; O( [- }' a5 {! v" q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。
& \  O1 g! l, F" @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 v, Y8 U( d3 c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。
# J. u  ^+ p8 m3 t5 D; e  |2 YTalk about it.
7 [4 j& G7 s+ @8 f8 ^7 H谈论下面的话题：
" @4 d, z% Z9 m/ AIs 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...
/ E0 Q) m5 j# u1 O# N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？
6 C* w0 }' X, `Do you write memos?
! Z+ ~; {3 k* _1 D1 H# ?* F$ r你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
0 U: I7 T* ^( n8 b2 r$ j/ [0 mWhat 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?
7 J8 L; \8 k1 s/ v. `) e你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？