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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( |+ u' n3 V$ |3 A% k9 ~记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% G4 }4 j6 _: c. }) a! X有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 ?& R& \* A' Q$ a; C3 N' @你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: Q' H* E7 j5 \  R& D0 ]4 a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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: a* x, S# f% F/ |$ ?$ X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.
* a" F: J- X& _0 y+ Z; c6 D* A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
" Y! P0 s; b3 N* f5 P1 n/ AThat's a memory problem.
- `  _5 f" H& Q) u8 Z* q  Y这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ A* u; ^* `& s' d我想那很重要。
But 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？
( D6 S+ A! v! A1 x, b- DAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, E2 y  @/ v+ F* n3 ^" Q3 H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. }; X7 s" A" vIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  x* s: m7 t; S5 S3 ^- ]. Q3 gWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 p1 Y- m! g1 X9 I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？
Why my friend was this person?
5 }; T& a. R0 z( P2 {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.
- U4 I# @" y6 f) 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.
' ~  Z4 |7 X" h1 E) |$ u! I  Z8 B$ ^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。
0 V6 @& Z. M/ x& |We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* R7 z7 e1 n0 L9 j4 BWe 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.
* B. ?: }+ [9 O问为什么没什么问题。
" Q1 B$ y5 |: ?. SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 R: \- D' `  D, d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。
/ a7 x9 J- o( u& hTalk about it.
) X2 H1 e' J; ]6 G0 b, ?' j3 z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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
. G6 q1 B9 I# s2 |- u, G它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 E' h6 Q+ F( L2 E2 |7 lDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
" F! W1 o, r4 R9 x5 K5 |1 X你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- M6 U% g6 E% _8 A% FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- c+ F4 ^- m( @4 W; c* h+ D* aDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 O) o; \3 O7 Y- ^  C8 L- b你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ l4 h$ @/ y( @6 j) |( O; v# K, Y, ^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?
9 W* D0 ]1 @4 B" W你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？