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

! `9 B/ |6 ]+ @" y, }& S( X记住我们为什么做某事
) s; L0 U0 v9 z4 XSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 h1 t! K3 s6 c$ j( `9 g: ]9 w有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" [" w, N2 e' z& s& W4 R' N4 jHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
* @* F  {, a) [  pI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 r* I( k& ^0 L! T0 A9 ]* }) _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
. ~3 |  [* N4 f8 ZI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
; U) C# F. h( x  C- D. d0 {我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 O# s( T( S- j" N. {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。
$ W! v7 @' }. `+ FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 _/ N' o; t! v+ F3 e2 i哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( D$ g7 J, \" P- R3 K这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
% D6 x( x+ I0 |' [* z' d* T1 HBut 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？
8 H; R5 u" e3 d' A( M2 UAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 t. O9 d& |& }: u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.
* q' n% s$ O! g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
& b' m# k% h( w总是可以问问自己为什么。
. F6 ^! m: R, d* VWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# W9 b1 n5 W- i0 I( J, AWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
  [* D0 J' z) _- `* O8 x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.
$ y- b- e8 U; B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  [* E9 T1 e* lI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ [% l: Y' L* D/ |) N5 aOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 m$ ~9 ~* ~; |% tWe stop starting. We quit the club.
6 l4 z# h0 F9 T5 ?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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
( \2 S! X7 X" ~* I' h/ G问为什么没什么问题。
6 h# t# s6 ~7 P1 |/ l1 d8 N% S- DIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% H! P' P* i, Q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。
# x; v, p1 C6 FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. i2 E2 V& u" x$ u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?
( y- ?! f( d5 k它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; A# Y/ n0 _3 DHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
8 }/ a1 d; j, _  e' Y; d2 {) EDoes 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?
- J9 Z7 ^) l! d" y4 A% J  S# P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?
, K3 V, D) v: j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？