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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记住我们为什么做某事
7 H% Q$ A  }  X; F/ {( n) ?+ YSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( c; q4 {& |1 g" c8 i; s有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
" b' }, D1 o( g/ |, `你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 o# |/ Z3 o4 Q; pI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* _0 J( B' R% j9 j我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" B8 s! {% Y. v' V; }* p, pI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 \2 v4 w" }5 A2 _+ X; {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.
$ G4 r; @! R9 k/ f3 a  Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ o1 M' Y! }1 {$ ^! x, @4 M  Y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。
' Z" ]7 s, `/ ?1 qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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2 W' G% Q; g6 U+ a! sWhy did I start to learn a language?
( d4 [" J' t7 y! r! w0 T2 H8 `' B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?
1 ?5 @" R7 I6 ^+ y2 p8 s% Z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% R7 C. |& E# r8 y" D  N为什么我要结婚？
+ }1 U, i; @% G) C; YIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: n  h1 @/ F) T' m( c: }4 Q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.
" G$ W, m9 G7 U4 J我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 V2 v4 f+ d: B8 c6 s0 pOr 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.
9 F4 o5 _  |9 {2 o1 @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。
$ @/ h0 D' X# D$ qThere'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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
/ `8 s! ]$ X0 k: Q0 v9 ^8 KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ N' e' k) p( ~+ V; A* N你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 Y0 Q8 d% r- E2 B5 MIs it a kind of distant memory?
& O* f' [0 X& q8 k; {它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 |8 k" }+ i% I- O/ r* ~  LDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; k6 {! A3 ]! s; P% I' N, ^How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 b* f3 Z0 w" ]) c" f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; F8 `8 ^: \2 U9 KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
$ p* I4 s# H) R$ \0 c$ S; WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" \: X# x6 d6 q; e! G7 p你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- y" D8 `. a7 C& q6 u: i9 VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% L& c# o& D& a/ p# r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？