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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; |$ q, ]$ r4 s; F/ @Sometimes 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。
7 e6 m2 ?' h% z" jHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 f  ?6 H- L' PI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
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.
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.
# {; c  ]" R: I( X7 I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.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ R7 ?% Q4 _' tI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 h! j( o' J! p  U7 Y9 I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？
0 x5 d5 u4 j& X& u  e0 r2 rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 X! h+ g- Y! P7 ?9 o+ c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。
1 {6 b+ ?# ~6 IIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 `8 @. E  q4 l3 Q1 Z7 j; U- ^Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
* S- d5 ]( V0 U: z( w: J4 NWhy did I join this club?
0 [2 ~* a5 Z* a- _9 P! K, f为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 |; x$ e4 u& K4 j4 G7 U4 VWhy my friend was this person?
3 `- P% r. ^2 s# V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( J! U4 U0 D7 i8 ~6 zWhy did I get married?
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.
; _6 {# X+ C  s/ R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.
2 R8 T: R- k  {3 u, y, j我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 {1 e0 e  b, c1 aWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* z, s3 D/ A% r$ ]( s+ G$ E. T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.
1 r+ j1 C: r$ z6 \% _0 [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.
& L( X/ |4 ^* D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.
/ H+ o3 A0 B/ A& e, G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...
) p: t" ^% z+ B+ ]8 {5 i' r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% P# l% F- m3 g; W- N5 R你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
/ I7 ]) o7 C9 Z2 k& C+ \你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 |, L' Q0 d) z* t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
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？
  x# ]. t: n  iWhat 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？