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
5 G. N! D1 Z" E+ r( m/ PSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- C/ I4 f/ d" v  s; B4 ]# Y2 n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
' h! F. g( ^) d/ u2 h你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 W; G  o% a$ G7 y) M! y! i' j- p8 aI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- g( j* p( L; M- S! K1 b我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! D: k$ Q$ N4 f) B* N7 K+ c) hI 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.
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.
5 f# v7 \8 R+ L0 r. F这是一个记忆问题。
' _8 ]# [2 o/ Y) C8 F2 A3 @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 q, I" B3 E: d! b; [# `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？
; ~. h, _: [+ `3 bAt 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。
% [  M; B/ w/ v" c) \' A- \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: |* T1 x  a8 X3 ^- JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 \8 `# f. }* D( B. n5 y总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
4 R9 ]2 z% ~0 V4 N' H- i' L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？
9 O/ V8 e' Y* ]/ s, x6 p+ B. H; HWhy my friend was this person?
( q+ F6 a+ c- y7 `# _为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 m% m# A& {) p) |/ UWhy did I get married?
3 _7 n2 ]3 U# n3 o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.
, k  f) }1 M2 C1 @- t  O9 J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。
3 K* s& e; W/ EI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; y0 N6 @2 [6 x( }/ x我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
" [, E5 G2 O) S1 q% qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; x+ R- O1 O- @! D$ a& uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 o% \" l! a  {+ C9 qWe 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。
8 ~( }  V) ^1 i9 VThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& V. n# j" m0 e) O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.
- p+ i& |+ I( J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.
' ^5 ]4 F' C, ~0 Q9 u, s谈论下面的话题：
% D* a" e( T  ], OIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 s) J$ {/ O5 U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?
6 [. B2 i7 A8 b& u& B它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: l2 q( N4 k5 c2 N; b2 T; {你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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?
. c9 \6 D3 f0 E! j, n" Z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？
. T/ Q. q* i  V+ t  DWhat 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?
4 o) p% g; j. D  ]( f你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？