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
! k! S8 e: a- m5 O- o* oSometimes 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。
! d& n% P; \' x. w8 L; `  p2 W6 }( Z2 ]Have you ever done that?
+ Q6 _0 B) t5 T你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ P  J' b1 E1 bI'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。
9 g2 p' q  u0 [  }/ i+ g: q. tI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 W* h# v& r! g$ }) r, [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.
0 `) ^3 E; t% j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.
& N9 S5 [9 W- D# A4 u: n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。
( r! C( _/ u2 C( r( ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 O- g2 T4 W' m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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 d$ R" U" ]% c& z# q5 U3 aIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 C0 N8 ]6 e1 B, ?" T" M总是可以问问自己为什么。
& d8 E" d0 y, l) V- _$ XWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ D* @; f8 V: EWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
2 }  L+ q5 N5 a  t3 E0 `9 b6 yIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  k4 \5 ?1 i/ o6 o& d/ C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。
. A2 H/ _9 D+ l" p: B, s. u: OI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) B9 f# F' g4 _2 D( Y; SOr 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.
* ?- x) I2 p& V2 l我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% w  D! A: B  t& M3 y+ h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, s1 L5 O" b8 \, p8 C- jThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 x/ S+ ?+ T% L6 z$ }! ^0 n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.
' _" g" k; J( s. {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.
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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: ?8 k+ C+ I0 @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ n7 A- B# R7 hHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! c6 _- \. x# y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: P3 G5 I8 l' R5 B$ n" X4 O+ ~; G9 FDo you write memos?
7 O& `# d$ a2 [+ P你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
4 p: ^: r8 I/ T; W/ k2 kWhat 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?
3 L3 q9 a1 [& G( F你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？