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

记住我们为什么做某事
) N' G) c4 h' c: v5 F. n( lSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, s: R: C) Z' B; q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
3 _( p" z/ t5 h% `; S5 Z7 m2 y& z: K你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 q1 j4 u0 o: K- m5 zI'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。
) r8 r. c# z" ^5 ^I 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。
6 B' e" @7 e4 H, b0 W# L9 L( P! nWell, 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。
5 M- p1 m2 M! \3 w, pThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
0 K3 A7 S# d9 @/ ?I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 ?: S8 q- |+ a6 v+ wBut 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？
& `7 e" h( p" @8 J5 T. K$ aAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 E/ I* {; ^/ I  L在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& r$ p5 O) Q! o$ ]0 e0 yFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- I  }, w* j  h# H8 I对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' R# n! h1 u4 ]9 E; Y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？
' T' c  k2 `8 k" M- H5 X0 N4 T, [Why did I join this club?
$ g, ?: s' s1 o( ^) k为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 X+ y6 h) ?2 m- r5 q9 v; t7 S; QWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& g! f. Z: R3 oWhy did I get married?
% }& c2 M0 C3 q' R: G9 q7 l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。
1 ^) {7 f. N  C% H) AI think we need indeed remind us of why.
* t0 n' M9 _- i1 y6 L; k+ z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。
* X& P8 U' B: f* U. }We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, R. ]" ~8 g- h5 U) X( @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  ~' ~, B! ^+ l$ ?8 L我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' X8 X. e/ A2 x- J9 UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
2 n+ q6 N9 M9 X" x' a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?
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？
0 i- z" ?/ V; R' C' u. |  eDid 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？
5 ]7 A$ o5 w1 ]/ a8 D0 dDo you write memos?
. j5 \2 x( A% h. N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？
6 Y  `  V5 e, S3 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？
3 ^3 g' N1 ~+ q  SWhat 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？