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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- z7 N- W3 Y$ b5 m& i有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 P+ Q7 ^+ {( X+ Y+ c' `! pHave 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。
- |) \3 G6 c! @& {I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
; A( b' X6 B) M! t/ N5 I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.
3 ]6 ^( {3 m: |# Y* T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。
( E: b  c; V% [) o7 \That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ k. p, ?2 e; S, rI guess that counts too.
  u- N0 t! E, q& W3 z; W/ T我想那很重要。
* m* P" P' r4 B; o( m' yBut 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 e# D, b, [2 Q/ g- C1 w/ H( oAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- `7 F3 P, O8 O. x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。
/ @( I; L$ s* Z! f. A9 M6 k3 E6 JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; ^0 C$ O5 m5 }( g# f  u+ {/ I总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
4 e9 h% l8 d- e5 F为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
* X4 O" N2 Y4 }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% k" i+ L/ ?, A  g: k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 A1 n- T+ \: ^# q3 @8 @* nWhy did I get married?
" \+ F2 R/ N$ T1 F为什么我要结婚？
- P; E9 O, P& B; s; IIf 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.
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.
, U+ U; R& b7 U2 G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.
  T9 [7 `4 o! H. B4 P问为什么没什么问题。
, H, M  e* A/ eIn 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。
! `" q6 x% H: L: V" {, H& jTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' S) L6 `7 t- v; B1 Q. g你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% O) P1 k/ [' v' X  f( o& }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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 \6 R* U: {) v- h# N  W3 V2 NHow 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 m% l/ C$ w) h/ qDoes 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？
5 B# Y( P0 L, F/ ?( I$ a! 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？
, v% l' f; [+ m, k1 O$ o: {4 QWhat 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？