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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8 b* l6 \4 {2 `+ Z+ C* C& g- y记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- P9 }& p' y2 s4 O; @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？
0 p3 C% w4 R! Y& I* d. G+ nI'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.
0 P9 ]1 P/ o- X' p; J9 ~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。
, {4 Z7 K3 n( T* [3 O; LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 P6 ]& @5 u4 L) T, @% Y' V哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) y6 ?8 V, h# H9 {. f3 b& _+ C/ G这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 s$ E0 C# T. J2 b% w我想那很重要。
- j( o$ h9 M& a6 R4 Y2 y* J; h& L& t, JBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 v, z4 y/ I1 B5 H1 {5 l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？
! U* R5 n# h* |7 ?, O" cAt 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。
" L. q9 V# @& Y: FFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
5 o& |  Y- a8 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
7 ]+ O, |3 h& q! e0 CIt'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？
' ]. s6 L5 N5 N) UWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 e, p9 J" V- K6 J4 fWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 @/ g! ^1 u; s2 f9 m; o1 h* x为什么我要结婚？
: C: Y" @- e) E0 s/ M3 wIf 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。
$ L) `; `# y& A( `2 f& j- MWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 X+ n5 m( n" s9 l* }, }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: D* y+ \  @6 I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.
9 W9 v/ X$ P/ p/ b$ H1 k! p/ B# E问为什么没什么问题。
& \: m7 Y* Y2 K" G3 l8 l* rIn 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。
! \+ v( G) ?+ O- @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？
, {/ U- E# q, W: L4 W. ^" m" iIs it a kind of distant memory?
* j/ T. m  F% H* t它是一种遥远的记忆？
. F9 z3 Y% ]/ B) c* A) sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ B7 y2 ~+ o7 |- u; f4 h& w" [1 |: yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# @1 o' o/ z6 H8 P2 ~& {/ ^% e你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 C; \' @8 q& z* P$ L* }Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
( s; J! g3 o1 sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! M1 ^4 f& @  J/ \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?
' s9 m; W" Q9 j! Y4 g# h3 e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？