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
& @1 j! g# z: [% A) h& BSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 Z) F( ]/ @% a# O. J# ^0 u  p# {有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 R, I9 _( B' i# i0 LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 L1 T. C# R) S0 y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.
: o6 J; w% e' |我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ @" |, m1 i0 _7 w# [( hAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 y" v' @0 y3 |( x' X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。
, P8 y, x# B( @- ~Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
1 Z" E  c8 ~( r4 ~( V4 S* hThat's a memory problem.
; N# G- P% Y8 l3 U3 W+ F1 ~6 k) M这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
  V) }1 }- Y  W1 Y% v/ L; Y我想那很重要。
7 K4 M% m' ]$ _+ v, FBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
& B! H! U5 P2 @' S$ Q: ^! y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
6 H+ p: ~# H2 G$ bFor 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.
1 f# V" k$ ?1 k& p3 {总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
9 [! g7 X- t+ x3 r2 f& Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 j! Z$ j( |# P( SWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 u5 L7 D1 F( x为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 ]. @) N) L: q% J" g( R! K8 j为什么我要结婚？
& K2 z* V9 \4 Y  Y4 E: t; BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 {4 d2 M# E' Z4 I' m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。
Or 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.
- c8 [2 j  `/ O: M我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 G$ \1 N6 a8 n& _/ G$ T" F/ B  A# D我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
5 {" J& |# X! oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
0 M6 |+ b! ?2 X3 E8 B; ?% BIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) a  |  \8 [0 x$ d$ W- T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：
0 x& r, f* k1 T) jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# \1 T" G1 M2 T, J* Y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?
! {8 i0 D+ D- V" @: f它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: z# w8 o6 J, [# q/ k1 S你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 q8 L( v$ p7 L# k/ B. x2 nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* R5 z# S: @& oDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% y! {3 g1 B# T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?
& o- T' S. ~3 C! F7 O) U还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' N" W! S! v( V( w5 uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; X' [5 F- Y% s; n你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？