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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7 ?  h6 q6 p( z. I, W: j! v记住我们为什么做某事
3 E: i% h5 I" t$ ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ B% \# g* k5 o* g& b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! ~+ v2 a) z5 w% |; KHave you ever done that?
& F  c' K( p- }1 [8 r8 F2 S+ J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。
; P$ R/ f  s2 p& W9 p  HI 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。
8 ]  J4 L4 _+ |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.
* |6 g9 ]  d. Y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' l% U9 V& y( ^8 kThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& d% h& x! I  {' TI guess that counts too.
- \( h; S! y4 P; |+ o  m1 B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？
; E: `! G; K$ Q8 \" P' oAt 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。
' I# v" i8 N, l; m" PFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 ~2 X9 M/ u1 w5 n: |8 Z( B6 R1 b& c总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 |7 w+ b# v( DWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 A2 j+ O+ K# g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ q& f" i4 K( e6 f! I6 JWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 \  A7 B/ p6 E2 T# z$ u/ MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
- v! u; }5 E; y: e, g9 GIf 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。
, ^: ?5 l: U- F, t, hOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
& |/ n  W8 H, K0 E) n2 P& |We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 l, i5 \; S, p0 @, }6 y8 F/ n6 V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 u) b' B5 H% S' `. ~9 tWe 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。
0 g) v2 L1 Z1 Q7 x1 w: N# _0 L2 ?/ qThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& B  `& Q8 W6 s/ \/ VIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 C5 j" C- o' u: ^; g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。
+ m7 g: z' }/ sTalk about it.
, a! j( C0 Q$ T; p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?
( \5 C1 S  w* c  f它是一种遥远的记忆？
' L& r& h  p+ V. r- X! z3 u/ uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& I: ^9 c/ @! \2 J" O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？
Do you write memos?
$ a+ [( N) n9 v/ r你写备忘录吗？
. Q& k5 y+ I8 P/ {5 UDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ D& B) V4 R& v" M9 w6 ^8 F你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 Y' B* I6 R- L3 A2 L' r, cWhat 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？
8 t. i4 E- H4 U5 bWhat 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？