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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9 c2 A% r7 b% X3 JSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
6 L3 C2 k$ Q  W0 O7 [0 a* ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: ]: X* a1 m# o7 d$ [+ q1 x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。
6 b4 O, C  b: J' y* v+ dWell, 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。
$ K1 r% d9 k" i+ o+ }8 ZThat's a memory problem.
# d" g' G9 U) W# A( b/ k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?
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？
& _9 |" s$ o' q) hAt 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。
5 u- a6 [6 D" @* U$ R2 [" nFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
% Q# u# H+ F$ F9 w3 I总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ H$ Y8 O6 j" F: m) J( LWhy did I join this club?
! k+ l- p& }- B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ |) k9 B/ P4 z' q7 H5 ]Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" S% i7 B6 l) m. y. J, i, IWhy did I get married?
6 h$ x: @6 b" S为什么我要结婚？
' T& Y% d) X2 @) u, yIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
& o! w% \$ p7 D6 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。
8 k3 P( u( e) CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
* l# O# n' ~9 d' N; c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.
8 E9 Y) R: X4 q6 V! _否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
/ f! S% Q5 D, [+ P4 J( ~3 xThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
% J* ?3 S/ L5 N# R8 cIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) P) X; R. b$ z" w/ L$ k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。
+ U" d) `9 C- {1 d! b0 d8 f8 [$ }Talk about it.
; U1 y% _7 z0 J谈论下面的话题：
/ W; b  d6 B: l1 ?8 oIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# r$ }% m0 [2 O/ ^3 L- G, o你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ B7 V0 V. s# A  j4 m' P! dIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 T5 V* K" Y* V8 i它是一种遥远的记忆？
* r, _. P  f9 U+ iDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
( c8 e) K+ C% q  X你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 H3 {$ L9 l, ^1 i; b- c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; o( }% c: j- D3 ?4 ]0 `Do you write memos?
3 T  l- Z. k$ I! m8 U你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* [5 n! U7 z8 _$ k3 O  d* a4 s% Q你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* w6 }- X, p7 G5 T- i8 u' q  |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？
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？