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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  W+ X; B4 q; Y& f8 u1 g8 H记住我们为什么做某事
$ d. a; K. w# I- vSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# ^8 ^) {; c2 j6 Q1 l有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
/ G) j$ \. U$ q你曾有过这种经历吗？
& a* a0 B  l, J/ J: fI'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.
3 G7 R# W. @7 b9 Y9 T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.
7 k/ P2 d  S) t3 v3 q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。
4 _& R: e5 r3 p+ tThat's a memory problem.
, C+ u2 Y6 c  A) ]) }' s4 B8 e, Z这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! W. b  ]) ~/ z( g/ _7 ?: dBut 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.
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?
% z! f- [4 D! i$ B# R; {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% r7 @% I0 S% b4 hWhy my friend was this person?
; ?- @! p+ j3 \6 M8 \为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 t3 g1 Q" V  |. W# o, sWhy did I get married?
1 X5 z/ Z+ R: u* ~. r0 g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。
I 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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; p1 \  Z5 C5 y# ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 t/ j) S. S' qWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ F1 l7 \- t2 T6 t. x, c7 @! `! C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.
: k3 ]/ |0 |1 ^+ E. _& d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.
( c; z) O- z( _# y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。
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谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 ^7 c" [) ~6 P+ q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& G, Z- W' q$ t7 X' O! B! M" oIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ P6 Z9 q- k2 f& `0 q7 wDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
, z, v# S9 g$ s/ B1 C8 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 ~( h; n$ i% H9 v. K/ b0 \7 Z) T) }How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ C( D. {1 T0 b1 j9 r- C0 C1 p你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
/ _: j/ P( r, u& [4 }& }4 x; U你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- P$ G! i* K- w, z5 O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?
7 g6 @7 P- D1 }  n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？