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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8 a8 |, y7 R4 `记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ l( I# p$ ^1 t- e3 b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 z) E# G. i1 P6 ~* T9 S你曾有过这种经历吗？
) ^4 }% n$ n; m* G; R( l8 XI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& u2 W( ?9 X' e6 O5 z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.
% b2 z5 t/ J& b% J1 @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.
* ^; a* f3 F! S8 o5 y0 j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。
  ?" W9 D/ {5 j4 FWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
- v2 E3 z9 k' q: P( vI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; g- A+ F3 b/ j2 p8 k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？
* Q& L4 Y, ~! l9 [6 I$ c' |At one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 b% O! s: f- Z; D3 j7 E  F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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% a( n4 C- s3 H+ _+ c. MWhy did I join this club?
6 {0 E9 N* A' a+ H为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* n3 x* p/ W1 X0 q6 N9 l" HWhy my friend was this person?
* e3 @+ T, e! L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; d& N& y: n' Z* h5 M3 Q  AWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
8 c: @( j: q# c+ cIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! R4 f- N0 J3 d( E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.
  c% s- ?" }/ b( r7 n# U0 Z! A6 ^  x  C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.
; E* q6 g! U% L7 O* H" g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) u/ u+ D3 e& C, n3 L0 x: M9 ZWe stop starting. We quit the club.
5 C" ]$ r9 Y% w) B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ m9 t* p4 h6 b8 AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( e$ {, f+ m3 T9 a我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, P. P* s8 u  u, Y3 R. MThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
! X+ b/ W0 K" e1 J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.
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：
0 _0 q( K  ]3 k3 h1 Z' Q+ UIs 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？
# C8 u/ ~1 ]6 c9 |3 u+ BDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
" b2 p! E8 s0 _Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
, a" f  V3 n% V3 j* M8 B4 |, ?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?
4 a; I7 V  ~8 N$ e# H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？