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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5 Y4 W, ~8 [# _4 g) _4 K记住我们为什么做某事
" R8 h, G+ ]% n, V9 C: Q% C3 GSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& p* T2 P/ I8 `  F: Y" G有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 G& I6 j( }( s# o你曾有过这种经历吗？
. u+ H* m5 H( w2 f2 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.
) r: l9 J$ J0 B% |我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; Y* {) w3 b- J; `4 dAnd 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.
我想那很重要。
, g' h+ k5 q; g, l! {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？
; X$ t) Y8 @% w. aAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! E1 d8 H1 V6 N在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, S+ U* e3 {0 _. ~8 ~: ?1 @1 K" [" vFor 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。
- q" d+ B, T% ], G: e: o% P8 g- `It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 Q2 `; x9 {3 O: Y1 f总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
% J2 k$ S7 V# S" Y; Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 n) }+ M% i- M% y+ E' YWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. X7 K1 j/ B& A7 ~4 J0 aWhy my friend was this person?
) V1 i5 S; Z9 X# Z  N6 s; g, h为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, t; \+ [& x- X& ~. D( J0 YWhy did I get married?
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。
; `5 j/ L: ~, Z+ [3 x+ e3 J1 n; tI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. \8 s  z4 {& w* P8 qOr 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.
' U. `9 d5 i8 Z) I我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ n% e: o) s$ f2 N1 o) P# IThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
( I& K3 E8 B6 b7 k* cIn 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.
: U$ H9 ?' c4 t. \+ F$ _谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  v8 B0 \+ R: c; r6 @你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
( @9 ^+ R7 A  P- VIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
# U& \1 z1 R6 l. b: l4 ]3 uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 \! N1 b2 n2 X/ Z8 X1 S/ {8 E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？
, n* H. j4 F* v5 n; h1 Y# a: vDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
! U5 V; T1 |/ o7 g* TDoes 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？
, z0 m3 d0 E* C& _8 }. VWhat 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?
) X4 ~6 m/ v) m# T5 N' ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？