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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$ d- D, q; B! Y0 e; H记住我们为什么做某事
5 E  V2 t1 j% m  e* TSometimes 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。
7 g4 g% a2 p' @- i6 ?% ^2 YHave you ever done that?
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。
' N+ R9 z& r+ _, oI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% ~, g8 g6 l) E* k. }8 @, L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。
Well, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" x" t3 Q' I- ^# D* [2 K我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; S3 Z+ n/ S+ [) T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？
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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 o, b4 U1 e& W4 z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; K' C  r. J7 U7 T7 W总是可以问问自己为什么。
' q2 Y" k- x9 E, g) x1 RWhy did I start to learn a language?
! u( f) U7 l# m$ \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 U' C2 A" n/ [; b( J$ LWhy did I join this club?
; ~6 S& Y/ a- E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ [( p8 m3 e0 V& k0 M2 s  X为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
+ b: B- r0 i* _! Z) [If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# Z! s3 J/ Q& g1 |; G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.
9 O0 k8 k4 K" _+ [1 E" o7 k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.
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We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ s$ h7 W- `! M, Y/ m, x4 tWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 ?2 d2 C3 r2 N  l/ B我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
5 A6 _0 d9 R3 K' `. aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 N: [7 c) ^' L  N" U/ u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.
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.
1 T9 R7 T; C, j1 N1 u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？
* ^/ L* p8 i9 OIs it a kind of distant memory?
) b, n. C* X3 O% f1 J0 N* i/ I它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 z. O& d& c7 X) `  ~5 nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
% `0 ?, k5 J) h+ ]4 {% t+ U$ v2 K$ {Do you write memos?
3 [) Y4 N5 j& E, U/ r, D你写备忘录吗？
5 Z' ~/ m# m1 v3 X$ eDoes 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？
9 `2 C+ D/ c, [What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, D6 _( j$ ^' ^6 Y5 p- Y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?
% W/ l1 g1 Y- t% ]. I/ c/ M6 e* d  o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？