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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, }% w7 O/ j" T! k  R记住我们为什么做某事
6 I  S  i3 U8 b& k  W2 f9 V* OSometimes 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 @+ T( X8 r, zHave 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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! W) F% I* N1 i& R0 P" k我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 H6 K. J6 \1 M* g) g* _8 f+ yAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; q# Q$ |( I" i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。
$ ]  c0 w2 R- r7 M/ c' {Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 ^+ X- h1 R  K5 H& U" z! }: B. Z* u哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 M( c# K: I3 c9 tThat's a memory problem.
7 p5 B/ ~4 l8 s$ V4 j5 ~9 e0 B; O# t1 A这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
1 V3 ~2 T. v# B8 nBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 }0 f# K+ ?$ S8 O$ o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 Z9 b3 U" G) [5 j" K  t' Z' O. D7 c在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" H# r5 z/ i' {( M8 F; t' M: ?For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 R% }8 ]& {& q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 @, p) M$ ?3 bIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 a" r3 M* ?! S+ K* Z0 I- K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？
Why did I join this club?
( G+ b3 B$ X& s, J; @为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 L- T' |! {/ \) n) ?  _Why my friend was this person?
+ o1 T4 r+ L# b( [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 l+ |/ i3 |* T  }! J4 MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% y7 k4 M- c# ^, e& JIf 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 F# m) y/ ~. fOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 w$ K$ C! Z: V  ]; S2 j2 ?We stop starting. We quit the club.
% p/ [5 d) V5 T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 g/ F# k2 D& \% E: n; n/ Q9 |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 }% t- u4 O9 O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.
1 P3 t$ i& q- ~* S4 D# a8 Y3 g/ k8 Y问为什么没什么问题。
# g2 U! O( p$ JIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  H& H, ~$ X+ Q# n+ S) M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.
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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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 Q6 A& z0 {( {2 K, _4 s+ R( kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ h) o/ i( E2 g* l1 ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 f) P" |3 Q+ U. \; g2 A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 m0 G. X+ j5 {* W' {Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- [  O2 h. x7 ]Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" E+ \8 E- ?! h+ @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?
' h3 P1 L3 a, s& |还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 N. J0 t" A- w+ q8 S& ZWhat 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？