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
% [4 ^6 |+ j+ l, [5 h; c& |7 wSometimes 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。
# P* Y4 a- U, F% a- z8 b8 X8 QHave 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.
3 ~$ \9 }4 M7 G' w/ l" Z& w% v& V  P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.
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.
: `. Q  D5 S3 [1 C7 u4 V+ 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。
  L. s4 d4 w2 T, c& q1 }  OWell, 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。
2 r2 t4 w& i5 F. J5 ~That's a memory problem.
! s5 x% D  B( W. ^: h' y8 a5 N这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
& ^$ T1 I) c, g. ]1 ]( N我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 J- r+ f7 y- w! W: X1 a7 _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.
$ J) n" D" B" J: B  Q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) T* q2 S5 j& D, KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 Q! ^  w( G1 G# z, R$ E对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
- E5 C% i2 q6 f1 ~0 U5 ^It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 k2 r  u9 v/ K+ u总是可以问问自己为什么。
  g( `8 }  h$ i# E' X$ RWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 Z$ n3 L7 n* Z0 g" Q  KWhy my friend was this person?
* z% r7 F! A# d4 J2 _为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ I/ |- M" j3 o- iWhy 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.
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Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. I# S* D$ A. u7 HWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 C# F& {6 }" }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( |( b3 w- e5 n3 m8 S我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% ~- N7 p( H9 _3 R2 W* O, Q) FThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
: {2 ]* s% P" \9 YIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. ?/ D6 F% I+ O0 m, g  [( `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。
- z4 p! e0 J' A: tTalk about it.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& o3 @  |5 r+ _& i' W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?
/ {+ ?# Y) ~- K7 n它是一种遥远的记忆？
, W& f* h, c% N& n) O6 LDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ m6 f& @# h: N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% u; h1 U! [6 ~3 `$ D! _7 V) ^0 M  A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ L6 A3 |3 L7 T你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
2 t7 q/ y+ g" I! G7 ^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？
/ z$ L9 {  @5 I" {4 R6 sWhat 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？