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

) P( j( d8 b0 H! Z# S, P+ q0 _记住我们为什么做某事
6 c" w6 u( z/ X9 a* D1 `: [9 f& kSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: `. ?  g& }8 L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* l0 F) f8 n$ i; h* E) l: @! dHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
! c: T- Z" M: O  EI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ A3 K+ C8 c) _4 Y# S  p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.
( b% k6 N; f4 j  g* g& @9 z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.
+ g) n- f: u4 Z! k5 f! F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。
  H+ ]  n+ h0 c1 e2 d: y6 X; u# BThat's a memory problem.
& H& M' A) ]5 z! u5 w这是一个记忆问题。
  T9 y1 n7 D; @& c% c8 ?I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 B, y8 u4 r. jBut 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？
& D. v' @2 z) z0 S1 r5 a% KAt 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。
" W1 h/ r- r$ b9 I* Z; J! NFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  Y7 t; h7 L3 M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! H3 N8 @/ y; b9 S' h6 |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?
1 C0 j( P9 n9 o' e% _5 I' H为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" y! _. m* ?9 \5 N# {为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 B' B2 P; W; G& ~* \& eWhy did I get married?
9 K; D3 U3 i% D; T) G9 ]为什么我要结婚？
' [; ~, ^' m7 F+ I1 G( @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.
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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ E# b7 S4 o/ F/ c& B/ N5 IWe 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。
: L: ^# O& L4 L8 G. U! w3 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。
9 `: a. i! V/ X# v& s0 Y# fTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
& H9 w& ]: M' w# v; ^0 R0 ZDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 v7 S$ G/ A; o. IHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; H4 Z7 P7 a# }- p0 F7 o你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& D# T! H5 I8 w' l2 N  oDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
8 A; D" G2 b1 ^, R! H7 F" BDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) E  T/ L$ U: j% M3 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？
" O, K1 f. M$ G, X8 a  H' J3 `What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ o+ X' z/ @# x8 K还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 w) ?$ k6 m8 j" eWhat 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？