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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ E2 e* {! T: M* u% Y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.
1 o0 e1 }* |+ h, z9 B& ^2 w, q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.
, P* G3 m, g6 h5 v  L! C) {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.
, q  s$ r" e" g9 W. i$ F哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
. I5 s/ s& I( q8 U( b这是一个记忆问题。
; _1 c  R' i' l" XI guess that counts too.
" ^, b' W4 I: n1 _  ~. Q9 F我想那很重要。
6 m* F  x0 l1 L  tBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 a9 [' w- U( ]' w/ A1 I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？
) m8 W1 `( t2 w2 X( z' k  NAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 J" G% t+ c- C  d& Y9 t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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 Q$ U6 z' O  E$ `: |# j  CWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 v  N7 q! j( v' X+ K) P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  i0 h% @8 U/ U. g$ v4 o8 ]Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( t, x6 P3 ?3 s6 Z& e/ ]Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! M3 l. v0 r& X( O" kWhy 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。
: m( i4 _- v$ I' C7 ]I 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.
# m9 j/ i- ~2 p4 P& X  I/ _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.
  `5 m1 B0 s  H/ c# N2 I% I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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 P7 ]2 w2 {* z; j- c( `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。
, E( C* N, o5 C5 A' x0 rTalk about it.
7 f! h' {7 {5 l- K" W) N) r谈论下面的话题：
4 @: t8 ~3 Z% ^; m* @/ i2 g; sIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% q, r4 N, ?5 N( v& }: v你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ h# m2 x( X! s" W0 mIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
' T* d/ t( @5 V# }6 {0 ZDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: Q2 T' U5 u8 l% Z  I6 BHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ p5 u4 x2 [5 A. ~) B, B; L+ s你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
; I6 Y# n, I. \, i8 d0 l: a你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! ]0 P. C0 A# T  J4 t! K# y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?
0 l4 [/ D5 t6 X3 J; A3 X1 ~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？