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.
2 b& x6 o! Y7 p7 T. H有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' v% K6 ]2 m; {% ?6 T4 b9 ?Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 d% c) T+ u, G! eI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" w" L0 C1 o( D7 Y/ s7 C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.
$ H# o& r0 ~' K+ @3 q3 n- h: p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.
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。
" u# g, `9 w- w0 @8 A) c  pThat's a memory problem.
. {7 {/ ~9 `9 e2 E! n这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 D" k) M' f+ b$ G+ CBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 Q. x: w  R+ q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？
% U7 t7 j5 B5 n& f# BAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 q) N6 o" _. D在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
6 d6 ]9 E4 L. o0 M) @/ ZFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 m: \/ B; _/ i2 R# w  n& F对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( t  h# N- c3 oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ K1 O: |* W% b0 I# r; B6 q: J! xWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 X, m: R6 m  k8 |# N5 mWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" V% W  M  J( HWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) u3 n) c6 V$ F) o2 UWhy did I get married?
" Z# q! _$ F9 G6 G5 ?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。
& R$ |9 Y4 `9 W) fI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 J( ]  M+ [4 ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
# }( W( K# f& e; F/ ]我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 Z' g) o/ [$ p' r8 W7 @我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! x- _7 M! ]( O: n7 v' HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
6 L1 H0 z0 |; [/ }In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
9 k1 J- m) N: ^5 }0 b2 ^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。
  w2 A' T% Y6 M  T; ^Talk about it.
/ I$ D$ W. `0 f: V谈论下面的话题：
5 z9 V/ L+ |) K& Q; g0 t. m* @1 PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 o0 e; H/ D% u* ]你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! W; q! p, J2 n- r9 W6 W+ m4 }Is it a kind of distant memory?
" S5 B5 H1 A7 m7 o它是一种遥远的记忆？
# S) K! I' J4 D9 f0 Z" E( }Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# v/ j4 x' ~( @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？
, y& A- l; A2 |+ ADo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. T+ k( u1 q: ]5 @) q# T( Z$ s5 lDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* u7 ^. N6 @8 r" e' 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 `' Q" j3 X- A- [3 L! QWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 j/ h: M3 i) }你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？