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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, @4 _" w. \$ t' b( b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) S2 j7 F2 U$ I5 h. N0 {& M8 THave 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.
9 L) R% _) k. o5 J& g0 r0 d2 ^我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" Y  [$ b- ], K$ P' f' B0 ?1 r( kI 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.
4 Q1 D$ q% H$ i+ P; `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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* e  n; J" g5 ^* r2 |That's a memory problem.
& X: H) W5 K. i3 N% G7 p这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ x+ M1 ]" g% s我想那很重要。
But 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？
/ e8 I# d" L( W5 G& S! z- {8 ^) wAt 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。
* M5 d6 \4 t' |% uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
1 Q3 u3 `; ^/ b& Y! e为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
7 r0 m! w+ {- k7 o为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 Z. _) ]1 _% _( `& w! u* E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( Z$ a) L2 \; h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.
" J: ^9 E  D5 S+ z# b) |3 U5 Y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。
: ^9 m+ U) N. PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
( _0 |$ E( I6 W# x我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: b: N; u$ d4 y2 S" i5 }0 cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- f8 L  l* x) ]+ ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# q9 C+ H+ ?: _. J' mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
4 E9 L% i1 r- I) ~2 l8 y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: G9 p3 K& Z4 m$ ^2 kWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 F/ Q" t( X( S. o% a( A问为什么没什么问题。
% P! z! V2 t. ?8 E: rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" z# _' ^) X  q) r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。
' c6 q2 e: z  Q2 Y0 T0 ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( P! j9 t( X- s  d! J" u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...
! I$ u" w8 I: `! J4 A3 [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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 I! h! B  S; P5 z# P3 z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( X! Q3 @9 p+ A( rWhat 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？
/ {/ c' J1 h- P+ {6 ^4 }; u3 H$ L9 VWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
" A% c4 n; a6 K+ U! [/ @4 l你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？