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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- D7 h; }' n1 w% X5 D# M( M7 O记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" Q9 v+ H; }' E" w& z6 n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! |3 F% |% L9 ^+ Q1 GHave you ever done that?
, r- p% N3 y9 y6 y1 z0 n你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 D5 Q4 a6 h9 N6 b. p6 P0 Z$ G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.
( k9 k# o3 g4 {$ |0 j# K4 d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。
/ T  r: p7 J5 t% DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 f5 N: I! e0 ^; |  @) Y  @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  z" o" V' m3 ]6 |2 X" ZThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
7 i: \; B- K% R5 ?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？
+ T# k$ w( f% k  cAt 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。
4 I- ^- o  f7 Y* nFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) a; ^4 p) T9 P/ k) \2 }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?
( E% }  W3 Q4 o% F5 W  s! r, W5 q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？
. S" w+ Z( h7 c. W- v7 a; FWhy did I get married?
' ^6 q. B6 S# j9 p' Z; N为什么我要结婚？
% ~: \8 h6 V1 V9 U, X- xIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% h- G) g4 h0 m" P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.
+ F4 E2 F1 o9 a9 R' e2 p, |3 N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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- @/ A5 F, l* }! X3 X1 TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 ^6 ?" Y. m# S" Q4 eWe 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。
  j# {: w1 D" lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
9 c' U" c: J" T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.
# P3 e! h( J9 x* I; ~谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ i  y7 Q3 R4 _. V0 J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?
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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 g2 L! w7 i! @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？
# C, n" R1 s5 V2 T5 @Does 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？
/ @0 \5 d6 r+ {0 lWhat 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？
+ W" L5 A+ P6 _) `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？