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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# k7 ^0 N; Z: C1 ~% w记住我们为什么做某事
4 J5 F, e# ~# _; ]- ?2 W. _Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 i, N/ \' W5 c8 N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ I" p7 m7 L6 j% y) X+ B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。
) p, T; t6 g8 a7 j( k. RI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# @7 c! `1 Q% Q8 ^* e我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 a* U/ d+ L1 ]7 y! M! uAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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.
3 q7 q# `4 H6 A: r1 g哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. d1 g: V' K  gThat's a memory problem.
& h# r' @8 @$ k: h9 h, e& ]这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 Y8 E* C# c3 @5 h我想那很重要。
5 f, S0 Y  [( F( zBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 }" G0 J2 N1 T" o3 i4 e$ w" s+ Z* ]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.
/ @3 l2 @2 B9 X在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: K# W- w% @/ v3 S% }; WFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 _8 b' v5 y5 ?7 ?0 Q( I: D; Y: _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 Y- S8 Y5 W" Y5 ~% `It'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?
9 m0 ~) m/ ]# s! ^2 N" s为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: G/ G( S/ X/ WWhy did I join this club?
# Z: S1 u: }* T2 d) n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？
# g( M5 y) L9 X  d9 e0 ^& `( h& bWhy did I get married?
3 ^  P2 M( d* P5 Y9 i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.
' [! A4 C. g1 F8 f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。
# A' d% l& s0 q4 l- p) rOr 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。
, C! q: ?8 ]  y7 L9 t' MWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 r! z  C0 R% S4 _8 y* b) K+ x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 j) m7 p7 r8 o5 [There's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 X2 H: p# \# c7 s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.
2 E, \+ \" |7 _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。
" I9 M+ ~5 w$ f# ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% [4 o, Y% m/ o0 `$ H你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 O0 i* B: b, v9 F4 V$ y& dIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 N& I( B- d" e8 Q, V# [( uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  A7 t; o7 Y7 A' v( n% ODo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; k# b( O( Y, d1 Z' v. R% l' }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?
& i( [% f& Y7 {2 y8 I+ U8 b( y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?
! l' H* |4 z# 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？