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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% ?) h; f* z5 B1 C; @记住我们为什么做某事
  L# J9 x0 u) X3 N/ eSometimes 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?
% _1 n& u/ H$ Y8 x4 }- a你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& v2 c1 o% y6 P7 Z& ~+ f% Y% E! a! o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.
2 `5 C2 N# S9 I- K% ^6 H8 p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.
8 S  a/ H7 r. o5 R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。
+ G5 q* v$ g$ r6 {3 DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( F- w2 [7 W* |* e) H2 x, B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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( [# a% E) U+ y; v' b0 dBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 f6 Q/ h8 {' p2 G! b" [& {& M. L6 F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？
) F1 o" [( U# ]4 n0 ]' A$ ^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。
- J1 X* ^! Z9 ]4 g. t! \) jFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 b! U& G2 L- UWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; F7 x# e( j- aWhy my friend was this person?
4 Q8 |' T' v1 m  r+ T( e3 L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
- u0 E  o' y9 O7 F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。
4 h5 l+ _! F6 M2 u  JOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' n+ ]& s+ G$ d# i3 ?, M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
  t# ?$ r/ d3 g7 ?, j' u+ o$ D) V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。
. _) l0 ~( C$ `- ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
9 `9 a2 M0 Z: I1 j问为什么没什么问题。
: j5 L9 O# s( q# RIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ `" \. S5 }; e9 ~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.
7 ~1 M) M8 K* |, c9 i0 l) ?谈论下面的话题：
) v/ \' w' J  Y* x4 MIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ k, ^* u' @8 r' n5 o9 k$ e  o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?
6 X% H2 I) B! v# b8 Y4 W它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 O* N/ s) V! O5 q. Y( c8 r+ j  tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) B; W9 i* o3 |4 ]2 U8 v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?
. H% u3 \3 u- w9 D8 J& P你写备忘录吗？
: A# Q% |' w& H0 J* EDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; l" |9 H! L* c( x' W  M5 i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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' u' i$ \' X, ~1 N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？