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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8 x2 q$ }" @" o, S记住我们为什么做某事
; E4 @2 G  C3 y8 s+ [. iSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* V2 T$ i3 v/ o0 p9 Z7 y. q- o! ~& CHave 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.
% Y  W" ]" b  h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.
+ M/ H; _2 b' [/ k& A4 Y, @( N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.
7 D* E/ o' Y. S$ L& ~: |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。
2 Q" j) d3 g% c$ o: `4 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 i  S5 x) k; a3 @( d我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 m& m6 x) z! h# N) S+ g! k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.
7 i. q; h- m% d3 |; a+ }6 _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.
2 P( u# j  d" e- ]) W( [! j7 _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; T" s) Y8 {& K总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 Q9 Q( z7 O1 ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- L" d6 W# N- W, y; L& l9 n0 sWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' U6 c8 b& S/ O, iWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! O) i2 l% X1 b4 n& L6 pWhy did I get married?
4 ]% I) H4 S4 a) d- l9 A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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 Y, e" ]7 t% M0 F9 q" u  _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 z: ~# x& }8 d$ h* X4 SWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 Q+ O1 Z6 f( EWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, h, J1 I. L8 c, s5 @( F$ y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! ^4 G2 m& p$ P" mThere'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.
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。
  O1 q8 O( p& `) `. j7 PTalk 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: T+ R% _0 a) [$ P你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 v& v; d4 _' V+ w& _& QHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. Q& J! `8 |: }" o' o# A6 A2 ]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?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
, f' s1 y- D% H2 M7 i* }5 ]What 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？
! t2 y0 _. U% yWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' r0 m# P5 Z/ p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？