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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; d) ^, R1 ]$ K. {. t( Z! @5 l- t记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. ]' K. \) D* W, p- D  a! S有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, c- b5 D! T; \# a7 [% L% r$ f你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 B- r6 d6 x. W- n5 ^( ~9 U1 bI'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.
" T2 \  L2 }+ S' F1 a! D$ ~2 [. I4 w4 c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。
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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ b* d7 ^+ G* [0 C) f& h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。
  Q# s' A9 w' Q4 c( A$ ~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。
/ L% K' B/ ?+ g; @; B! c5 wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" K. g6 i' E/ s$ U7 N; |5 nWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
) ~( n# I7 I, e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?
' E; J& q3 P- G+ v7 g% e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.
/ O0 l3 ^; W" t) M* l我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, U& j5 N& l: K' j- wOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# k) @0 }6 C+ i& |: J, v$ I( OWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 i. I# @( z7 d" A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。
6 g$ ^6 b4 {  s  A4 z/ j3 eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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.
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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?
1 W0 J# b2 n0 @. b它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ x5 `" d) e: q9 C0 B) M/ O你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 F' J$ ~3 l& ~7 j: X2 T1 kHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! ^$ B% r% P5 c4 `4 p9 ^Do you write memos?
4 E7 i# Z* c0 t" w0 a; }你写备忘录吗？
+ z2 |. r8 z9 r  F5 _0 hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ r7 o: j' p+ d5 m* t" k- i4 x% a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?
0 w0 n% i: [& C& z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？