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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
2 Z; S8 o( M; H% J, ~$ tHave you ever done that?
/ G) A+ C& r( c$ _1 ^' 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。
+ M) Z4 ~9 i( Y$ j9 E; m/ lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 _8 @% f# p& N5 V$ P% Q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。
8 X+ L. Y. F( i9 p- Q2 r1 v8 p- J9 NWell, 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。
4 }) r2 T! |8 e3 N: M; u. JThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: x2 `1 M3 s9 M5 l# mBut 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？
5 l: {3 ~* m' P9 P" y! b" {# UAt 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。
: t' J- M, t* r$ m, 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。
8 t; o8 b+ D! M7 G: [- G& {It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ y4 d" g! K6 W2 n2 I* @& ?Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
. M0 ^" J* T0 `  X6 CWhy did I join this club?
! c* V0 X3 u7 G6 n5 R为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 Q  `# I: Z9 {0 E- IWhy my friend was this person?
! u1 @: f) N/ N/ i! }0 ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
' v8 f) f  F- [8 I4 x# i# X6 p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.
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.
2 ?# s1 U5 _8 l5 C, V我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# Y0 ]2 v! X& \$ S( u' F. }0 F4 j5 S! qOr 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.
2 C3 Z/ ~: N# H" c! c$ C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
0 g6 S: o! F) D. f! r我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# M+ j. @7 x3 ?; ^) O5 c' [* rThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
# I2 U; \9 D2 M) f: x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.
; q* i4 H0 F9 R( o# O谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. }: f9 L8 Q; [8 i- b7 n你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
' s3 J( K- b) _9 ^1 \Is it a kind of distant memory?
% ^& Q- I! \, r9 S& h它是一种遥远的记忆？
& i7 F# z! B+ s9 [7 P8 Y% y3 o& U5 _Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 C* X+ o& N, v0 ^0 O% }5 R6 X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？
% P# u4 ?& y0 N& fDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
2 ~5 Z6 m0 L0 h% r0 B) K! t8 HDoes 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?
; A/ I, m/ h, z% I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？