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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* b. V+ ]  ^# v记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ t7 B7 p! q  H2 {( H9 p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
, I( Q; e( w. b* @# V( J; n: g3 ]/ L/ dHave you ever done that?
' H/ r, N* i/ J" }: y2 E你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ b& W( i' |# E. T/ `I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, a1 a( N9 p- I5 t% u* u" R; z0 {我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' ~0 J: C( n8 yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
" J% L* i" c9 c0 c- q4 e7 r) u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.
这是一个记忆问题。
9 g! j$ a  |# x: w- q3 O4 SI guess that counts too.
$ _! i3 [& U/ H' |1 k8 W6 o+ t我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 @0 _2 e( x+ j) d  {8 Q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。
. L4 e2 u0 n1 v1 `) S7 b0 f$ J4 x& CFor 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。
) h1 h3 M, ^0 ?1 Q2 S$ }# \It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
5 k, {0 h# Q) aWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 U# I: L2 X8 ^- Z+ a" Y为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
! H" y* I" O0 _$ J2 j为什么我要结婚？
+ B- N3 z- J4 C# \, B! u% f) BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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.
$ W) h1 a/ m. ]7 Q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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' y0 A! K6 ^8 E9 n我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 P' v) ?+ G# w- T, P, I2 T9 W' yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
3 J& g, h& _$ b, t) v' ], r( sIn 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。
8 r4 M2 H: [+ [; x: Z: ^Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( Q5 _% V* m/ M+ YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* L; @8 h: U0 U0 ^7 z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
. M" ?1 N' l1 {7 W" ~; D7 B6 KIs it a kind of distant memory?
& j# E* N# m9 F它是一种遥远的记忆？
! |, a  b. H. y6 HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
( w; D* F+ {" U) n7 f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% V* g/ R! u3 ?3 {" Y. [" M( @6 DHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
7 q. C' ~  H: U* a) xDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; b6 K9 D. A8 n7 A. m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! B) v/ k5 c  HWhat 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？