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

1 B; ?6 c: {" e8 K9 z' r% ~记住我们为什么做某事
: x9 m8 M' P; G: w& r* S: OSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: {) F: N5 K* r3 T$ y& I9 j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 e$ h5 H( Y1 M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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, e. K& w. R  T+ C+ GAnd 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.
+ P6 e9 v* `( r- y$ ]( _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。
8 y8 P7 |: }- n8 D, a, ]; _" [; ~" k2 h! |I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ Z: {, M" V$ S* V* W/ a* @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？
- D  E7 ]  w8 AAt 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。
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。
% \" S7 U$ w, K& b+ M2 L+ KIt'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？
' E  d5 Z% t' i- Y1 v( P4 ]4 mWhy did I join this club?
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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
8 }( ^$ M3 A* y$ ]9 {6 K+ c; pIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
3 i4 w: k1 q" a: ^" h# K5 s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.
( c# f3 J: S0 P4 ^1 d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 [) {5 H# U7 R' v/ x* tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# `  \% F( m8 W+ `/ RWe 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.
& p/ g3 z. X1 h3 H我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
9 _( ]$ a  |' z# dThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
* B( Y. h. w4 n3 B0 f9 r- ^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.
4 m' p6 Y5 v5 J. N6 W2 K/ s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。
( m) ]* j" L  z: J. Y3 K# A1 {Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
8 d" w5 `1 X' @* r' X# Q  \, H. {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...
2 k2 u4 e" h. o. e1 A5 D8 h6 N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 {4 a, y' Z3 ]0 w- P: E你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
' X+ `! T% I% L( W1 [" v) y你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
6 G/ E, G: W( t( M" p& h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？