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

* H* z8 y- P( x1 U! @记住我们为什么做某事
6 g' f7 G9 j% }0 }/ J$ |$ kSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  }( w* {7 ~+ `, ^. n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' q: W7 F0 }( U; I( b我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ t. d) ~# u. [% S6 X6 }2 Q% \I 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。
; S* Q7 m" B# K# `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.
& Z; Z: q8 \6 f( Z: \8 F4 ?) B哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
0 n! t: J$ t, P/ \/ ^+ `That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ q" V, t; C9 L5 l5 u8 U% i$ v" P  bI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& _% Z& s# Z! |1 O4 |& P1 G# sBut 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.
  ^0 ?# J5 P+ ?! Y( W# e) l; e在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
7 G% n% c. g( w  z. W: ^5 XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
: S6 m6 ~$ d) E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?
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？
Why my friend was this person?
% |* t" V4 H# q1 R7 N1 n, k# c为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 x/ i' ]' b4 M5 Z- [& SWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 a" i! P/ {; s! t我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( {' {- N9 I' AOr 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。
, j' w" `  ~7 L% g1 `% wWe 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.
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.
: b' l' W) N7 R) b5 l  ~& G3 e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。
# f$ L( R6 [9 ~$ u# sTalk about it.
; d5 W3 \! }9 p$ r$ t谈论下面的话题：
# }, P+ R, h) j1 v7 ]/ }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？
8 O; _2 F% [: vIs it a kind of distant memory?
" n; m' l! O: F4 E它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 T! O/ m& g6 p/ U! F% V( uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 T% q9 a& W& u) w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 c+ g+ e" `2 j' a+ s& D) ]4 B3 M% T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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 \8 I; M8 x" J4 W' S% p0 c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& E% ?( [$ V( cWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- I( t7 g3 J; y- j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?
4 E' i7 I5 V- m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？