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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1 k* w! U- }2 p2 h* w记住我们为什么做某事
0 ^. e' D2 ?. x4 MSometimes 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。
3 q2 ?6 c9 i! P; ^, sHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
! W* N$ `1 m1 \; r4 B; E+ rI'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。
- N9 C' L2 t( k6 V  E  d( \" Q% dI 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。
( e+ B% v. ]5 f7 N0 kWell, 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。
3 M; u/ R# u: F5 e! P' ^$ rThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
1 h  T7 O; P( P9 _2 VI 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.
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.
* @0 W# Y' L& R2 V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 |( d- ?9 B) l% y; |" xIt'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？
& v9 o$ ]* i7 O1 y7 ^Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
3 s& d0 f  ~1 j7 p为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
' h0 t2 T3 N* V& ~为什么我要结婚？
& {. ^4 m$ X' w0 ~8 [; O5 f# i; `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。
# J% R  }# q( [- dI 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。
+ k% x3 `  U; V3 ]+ ?5 d  K$ JWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# c, G  ?$ [, k& p- o; `% _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, e" t+ K! V& v( ^We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- v7 u# L2 `( c! q7 X# _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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 E, M# h7 Y( O$ b6 V+ v1 o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：
6 D, Q$ d! D9 N0 w8 i/ HIs 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?
2 S8 H8 }2 h9 a1 C  ^* J" ]. o5 {它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 t9 D, k) [) }6 G3 g1 ], RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- q! r$ V- |( f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; ~2 B) D. A" L4 ^: b% J8 \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?
* Z' q1 b! n; N你写备忘录吗？
7 b+ y9 B" e. H9 KDoes 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 t* G' M) n) ?# G7 f还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 R$ o1 `- O; [; M* l! I1 hWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
* ]& |& o+ 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？