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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- R- b  O0 F+ iSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ z$ G6 r- X1 J  p5 K" N1 |有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
4 |7 j/ g9 c% n( Q0 DHave 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.
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.
+ X7 o9 e0 z$ l4 e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.
/ L1 q. J! F  K  g我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
) v% N& w6 V5 Y+ M, ?% L8 M! o2 G1 N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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 x* G& K8 V8 t为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% h- e5 L+ E4 E, d' ^7 _3 UWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" \2 P4 T. B2 M( T. f8 oIf 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。
& V1 r' w3 H( \2 wI 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.
/ t2 q0 V4 |" i7 \) V" p: M# |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 g  s  b. Z1 R. rWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; X) i. y5 @: h2 K8 s: i. x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.
9 w  ~9 e0 |: f6 `+ `问为什么没什么问题。
5 l0 s- C# y  i0 I( z8 sIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ {# ]7 v% c2 I) R% 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" ]6 v8 d5 A- @: jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' O4 n3 r, @5 R& g: M, p你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ y9 u0 u3 y5 c" Z3 p, h) v  uIs it a kind of distant memory?
! L6 b3 [8 E: T( d, l5 g- Z1 a它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
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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？
Do you write memos?
; Q! V( R+ f0 U6 L+ Y你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) T% L# G3 Q( U2 D; x5 H你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
3 q' {3 Q7 t/ N* V# `  OWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？