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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$ [* P% Q9 V, i( w" b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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& K0 }  E5 b6 ~7 _4 wI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ E! I* I4 I: r( M  H: a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.
0 S8 D$ J+ g; B0 N: e; X4 D我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 l( h+ f9 t& P* d4 j! \) ^/ \And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, T4 k. g9 ~0 C+ q0 g4 ?+ [9 v! 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.
9 ]3 T3 j& h* U2 n8 y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 p9 t% W- u& K4 y( sThat's a memory problem.
+ o6 M- V3 l7 X+ d1 N0 X! S这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# U+ T* ~) w$ Y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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' I) V. B2 @% f: A总是可以问问自己为什么。
; l# ~2 Q4 K7 ?# VWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: V/ A* J7 F3 d4 m5 ~! O0 W& V) nWhy did I join this club?
0 N9 J% o2 U/ z: H, Y! {9 B+ i7 J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' D; \+ i- c8 R$ d: T8 t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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.
/ I. Z3 ?/ \  K+ l; d0 r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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ O# ?8 f" q( ?/ L  T; w) f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
* b# X7 Z" P' A8 V" x: X3 xIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
* B, p: L/ @" O0 U0 n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。
  Z+ G( X' B" H0 V: P) V9 KTalk about it.
- l* V( S* c( z谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- C+ @  D# J: y  w4 k8 G" ]! H4 Z6 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 M$ A2 k0 [4 a9 H0 iDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ O, ^  _+ a1 O3 A6 _. j1 xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
; ?& Y& Z: x$ }' g你写备忘录吗？
( l. s5 u' g- z" r$ T# g! WDoes 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？
9 T; E6 E0 y4 ~What 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?
8 v! K8 z7 e" Z7 `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？