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

记住我们为什么做某事
, c3 ?! W6 d' A1 {Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ U3 L! c) z- `; m( `  @; n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* M5 I% c- ~2 W# X: y% AHave 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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, b/ ]  t" A' N& k. a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.
! F* N; S; R, K: B: S9 Y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.
3 `; E6 C- G' Z+ f6 [$ V) A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。
' j2 V2 I- J4 ~I guess that counts too.
  O* x; e+ z, O( s  |6 O$ V5 {我想那很重要。
# [- L/ o  U0 i3 SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 n7 Q8 Y. M6 g5 R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？
/ r3 M( b1 ], f4 [; T6 W4 xAt 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 B$ f6 K5 b6 k) C6 s+ U) v& vWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& f- S* j$ R5 o: z9 G; ?) Y$ ?0 b& VWhy did I join this club?
/ W& s' p6 @8 L$ a) P3 z. ^* n: z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？
$ Q7 [0 `! }& _% f1 v% u8 xWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# D2 L9 }, e$ \4 \) WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 M- F# f: U, W! h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。
& X1 k3 V  l- p# uI 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.
0 C! v3 h* s3 |* C2 q5 l/ f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
- P6 R, J1 _4 Y, Q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
6 X! Z& ~& |# o5 S9 pThere'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.
2 Q' Q3 U4 ~- Z! h0 U5 K7 e6 e1 h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.
7 D) _5 s; m& F/ ]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...
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？
9 t. y1 S8 g# nDo you write memos?
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？
) B3 Y( {4 F! J# n- U, {5 QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 O  b9 A$ k# F; k9 ~8 j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?
" \  q, V2 n2 N4 y8 \+ 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？