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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. g7 N) d! E( ?记住我们为什么做某事
1 S$ Z+ b2 u/ x/ c7 G# r% q- ZSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 v- }2 N$ n' Z9 ^- K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？
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.
8 X* p  c% C7 L1 f0 @0 r! q/ ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& L; t2 J+ V* m, B5 n2 {# pAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
9 \4 ], {1 |# _+ j% B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.
, }2 C* q  q1 D+ O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。
6 }) e, j% z; Q" vI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ G7 `: `# n* U$ }- g2 |0 ZBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% ]1 n& ?- L( }$ Q. H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？
5 S  _3 }. I- B5 g. T; J  p) ]4 u  YAt 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。
  O* x+ M5 ]& nFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 w! }+ |4 ?+ ]对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
3 F9 z; z2 E, J2 d总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ `( F# g* }8 A9 p+ o0 a0 Q; pWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 E5 l& l& ^) t8 j为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
! k( ]9 g, c' ^! m5 q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？
Why did I get married?
1 K! `9 p: h5 {! W/ i. l" A2 C% z为什么我要结婚？
+ y% G4 ?% J& o8 LIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 d. X+ R# }& H1 J8 J! t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。
; ?" z2 u, K) O3 bI 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.
) G$ s  V8 \; f& g" ^: |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 z8 x$ \$ T& w# \/ i; c$ ?+ mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 m" _0 u9 Y$ r2 s; @* `0 dWe 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。
, i) r# A- R. I+ O+ MThere'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.
- G* a" K$ X" u! v  n. r+ l; s) K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：
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...
( N% z* L/ G+ Z7 `2 E1 S) o; D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？
4 z* R" U& L# e: |* gDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; q: I* ]( x2 J8 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？
* P. o* m6 ~, n9 B8 C. t5 TWhat 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？
7 A3 Y% r6 s5 N; W' @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; ^! F6 x6 G6 Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？