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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9 V& r1 K5 i2 j# ?, ~5 C/ H* _! ]记住我们为什么做某事
' w) p! S/ I1 e5 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。
+ E; n; R# N. @& i! _/ QHave you ever done that?
5 q* I; m5 _# Q2 V" h$ u, ]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.
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.
$ H( T, U' ^1 y) M" q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。
2 P) P% V2 H9 F* e! ?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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
+ _2 F# {/ _9 t4 D" R' RI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  k0 \# F; {* S2 v# |" ]2 s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？
( E5 Z1 z: Y0 h" AAt 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。
3 K9 h8 h( i, t2 e  \For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
% |1 W& C* B6 L6 s: v3 z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
# k0 h! W' G. p# b% a. q总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 s) U$ q5 _3 D3 j/ A* vWhy did I start to learn a language?
* u! J, v+ Z+ X1 H, [- n为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: \% M4 \2 C4 G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？
# C: ~0 Y+ `% ?. L, [. \Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
; ~+ A! V9 _& e1 T! _) ]If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
" W# z4 q; s2 k- P/ Q" O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。
' f3 @8 h0 P* k+ R; TI 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.
% R4 F9 W& R6 ?0 F- `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. J  F' D; D9 CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) B' H3 g0 Z- s( @/ p; mWe 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。
! U# w: W& _9 z. k. f/ YThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- P. B4 [+ \. g% c3 \问为什么没什么问题。
/ u. }( M0 l3 E3 f% ^- V: _+ o0 FIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- ^9 |2 @% x' I9 q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.
) a8 {9 t9 J5 `& X# Y* C* c! |谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  L$ E8 s+ t& A6 b$ K4 {7 c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？
" L$ m, D1 g/ F$ h: X3 V' R% u! _2 ~Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ r# B9 u* a4 ^& G8 V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; {3 \- b. l7 C2 M8 eHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ c8 j  n0 D$ c( ~' \. [% wDo you write memos?
* ~+ B5 s3 G: R- ^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？
' t! d/ Q$ B5 }% ~5 @3 h4 zWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？