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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! m" t/ J9 X2 H6 y/ f4 U  @记住我们为什么做某事
* K9 O4 W8 B* c# C$ I/ mSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
: p. n0 }+ P5 E$ B% _你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 ^- d& i# x% U! w+ r+ s我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! \( w2 A4 @# h+ LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
; C: Q4 r7 ^  d) A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。
9 t6 ?0 S- ]! W5 h- dWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 v& F1 e1 s% i  v% C/ a/ E6 ^哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 d5 ?! H8 W) E6 y! M2 z7 FThat's a memory problem.
/ _% ?; o6 g: W9 T! n* g这是一个记忆问题。
8 i" ], A3 A' U4 ?I guess that counts too.
( l: ~- E, |( \# g. o& q$ V. V我想那很重要。
But 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？
4 R; O. ?* Y; O+ hAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' p$ O( p7 B, V9 W/ P( E+ U! `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 V" T1 y7 V4 F) F. V7 ?; _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 [' M0 E$ F) A$ r& t/ C, qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
# w& c: W! e5 u' i% r& h; TWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 I+ ~3 h! _, O2 A; A$ ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 U* r4 I% ~, \4 S: Y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: O2 u5 Z  }6 j) j8 y6 c" XWhy 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.
) k0 E- O3 j9 G6 R2 H8 a; N* _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。
  F3 d# b0 D6 R$ vI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 S' \, w1 s/ c  t8 u1 n! YOr 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.
0 P' `' W; Z$ x7 m, _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。
There'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.
3 F5 b/ }4 e4 M/ N/ \+ J1 x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：
' u+ E' c9 Y+ l+ cIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- U% B$ e2 g% q& ~% Q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...
% R" W, q* `, @, Q; A, Q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?
5 A- k$ `8 u( T6 y9 Z7 E* D你写备忘录吗？
: A6 v' r# g4 P  k9 f3 |+ C; t4 DDoes 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？
3 Z0 [: a, K/ r. KWhat 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？
1 u2 S6 N$ K7 g5 E0 g6 r: z( cWhat 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？