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。
7 d; [/ a4 t! v" U, f0 N3 ]/ EHave 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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
* g6 C, p) Q; EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
8 E9 M5 |- [1 B6 F我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& }& _; [+ m$ [& k8 O( IAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' H$ H4 d5 Q6 G& N# m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。
- W+ c! N7 E- z( J  }3 b  PWell, 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.
, H; O% F: D5 R* Z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?
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.
8 y( n$ j$ e, I/ O& N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.
4 A  E8 c# H# \0 k, k& m$ S对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
& l# n( ~1 I9 c- oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 O- [( v! k* V, X( }  c总是可以问问自己为什么。
; c  F* U1 U- \9 `" C9 J' u/ [Why did I start to learn a language?
% \4 F9 E# `& R+ v为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 l7 c/ L5 n7 ?- g, X5 R3 w( e9 mWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; Y  k4 b  F- y7 `9 R  Y8 EWhy my friend was this person?
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.
( Y& S. L; Y% ^0 t, t: ?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.
6 R7 Z" F, \  T0 ~否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* |8 K* q6 [; }+ x0 m# dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 o) v4 T/ y" jWe 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.
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。
' z. N% e# Q1 @5 j+ p9 KTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
5 y. l- y) q- ]Is 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？
3 b- H# v! Y; e. c/ z9 gIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! T, b. u. U. Z7 f! r9 d+ f2 u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？
8 K- _! }, S) q" |Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) A% `- U$ o3 I- V0 z; q) K- E7 \7 j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?
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？