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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& P2 V2 M" L2 ]8 [" i+ ]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。
4 ]2 `  c! y+ {0 k5 |Have you ever done that?
4 e7 p$ u/ z) I' @& Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ R; ]; o# M$ y8 q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ ~' K2 w) a& O5 S2 `. ~7 N" p) [3 c) oI 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.
) X8 N' n! L5 ^8 i8 d- t0 |) D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.
  i' q8 `) c; T( k4 Z1 {! y' 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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
; L( k/ o8 _$ c: P; B, fBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 R% b' B2 R# o  [' _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.
" r" L3 ^& Y6 q# I5 A9 o- n3 g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
: B, O( m( D# a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？
, h- ~5 j5 \9 \2 M/ VWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. K- S0 p4 W; m1 oWhy my friend was this person?
( n1 ~, ~( N4 y( `2 u1 l2 t- H) D$ ^* U4 i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: ^& I% ^# D9 W) r, e5 cWhy did I get married?
( L3 I' y# h2 S5 Q# y: \% {为什么我要结婚？
6 x+ G9 [* s* N5 \% N& }6 t& TIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
& a$ t* ?/ Q/ a/ `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 D+ d+ V  m8 F* ?# z& p+ b我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 ]! u0 q. e! o% }& T( q/ t5 lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 K* m! A$ b( r, ]  \3 {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
. m% U$ f- ?5 Q' `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# @( @( O9 E4 W+ \( m$ m4 p我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
3 w' V2 q7 |& R( c! @% l4 \There'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.
" \1 [6 j- k( z! s6 K$ 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.
谈论下面的话题：
" h; _9 h+ A+ C9 x+ d( M' C; {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 j, c( L& l. |( L$ v  D1 u你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- u) @: |/ Y- {* m; jIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* A% c: e2 e; R4 u, |# Q8 F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, T% X* ~- a6 ?9 V$ A% P8 V. A1 CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* u+ A% e  e* h8 L& ?* s& a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 ?8 k1 ~# P" e+ k4 K: TDo you write memos?
$ k; g3 t: u# r$ H5 `4 K$ ~你写备忘录吗？
' h0 c, k. B, R. iDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, I/ Q4 y! s5 b. r  P' F; V) a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?
( V5 Z' ~( a& ^( A' C2 a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?
. V: u% q/ B4 ~你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？