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

/ c; o; W9 b8 p" r( x记住我们为什么做某事
9 Q/ I' @. M+ h" i8 g( N) fSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( d' m. }/ A, M8 ^有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
; t; U; H+ H1 F8 u# d  Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- j! x7 u4 k% R/ I我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
4 _: R! h9 \& H- \7 k9 _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.
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.
4 R8 Y5 n- Q1 r; d% B哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
+ x# {3 F2 H% }$ ^- s5 \+ ^- R这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 E# [: Z0 Q4 U5 v3 V我想那很重要。
) \) @; ^7 p* J" XBut 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？
4 @& r6 t  y! c; r  }+ A; AAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 }3 f' w4 `: H- C3 y2 ~& ~: n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.
7 X& W1 u: E- [$ P对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 |' m( m5 J$ @  N/ l; J; L6 JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% l# t: f- y$ ]/ P& CWhy 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？
' K* f; K# y7 C, S' O8 RWhy did I get married?
8 m' Q6 A4 R+ C6 ~为什么我要结婚？
' F8 D0 H8 h$ G  s' fIf 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。
0 a( L( z% \6 G3 ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
- m0 h. G) y% U* u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 P* {# O6 h# \2 v" K! W. \9 E) VWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( P7 u) z1 }' R5 sWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 L/ O3 \9 B% i8 I! }$ t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.
问为什么没什么问题。
* b# R& u$ T" ]+ k* y; b- ?9 LIn 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.
  }# ^& |0 Y+ }谈论下面的话题：
; p/ g$ g5 [: N0 t4 U8 A/ Q4 |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?
* b5 ]+ L$ Q) }. T, ^( V! l* q它是一种遥远的记忆？
! {5 E9 n" e4 P) }; i! ~Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
; J6 t2 |) [' R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" i. X' |" i: n1 qHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
. r( K' D4 v( P5 C. u) ?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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. w9 x* M; `! G  T. S( Y, z, d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?
$ A, L; v/ F% X' Y6 X, D你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？