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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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。
! b2 k. a/ U7 C) `1 k3 tHave you ever done that?
# I3 G$ {1 V+ y4 \) S% X; p! W你曾有过这种经历吗？
' @; U, H8 p4 S+ o' `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.
4 i3 p: M2 ?0 C4 K" S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 s- F- a  I+ C9 W, PAnd 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.
* W  I: I. I, E3 [' A3 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
: W, Q4 ~+ j1 g3 pThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% }% m  O% [, m. s我想那很重要。
9 t% y0 a7 [1 b# B/ M7 U! wBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  A& n( p0 x. Y- t6 ]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.
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.
7 ~) `$ l' o, p9 q) l- ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
! Z  p- N; H+ |' Z0 q" s$ `) v5 K& }1 OWhy did I start to learn a language?
$ E; @$ C" P' e9 ^1 G为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
) U+ G# t, i: b5 f8 Q; V为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) }5 j8 k) f" B$ M! l* VOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ g3 {( X! m- I2 H否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 y& ~5 D! O& N. L6 H) ~+ `" WWe 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。
' t3 X; f/ }3 T% ?# ]There's nothing wrong with asking why.
. r, Z1 o7 |, U  b- X  c* \" w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' |* w3 ^$ ~- _" b* xTalk about it.
6 ?, \* U6 i1 i  V. Z+ s! N$ I谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* Z7 R; }- @# l你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; L& r2 V: J5 K3 S0 p9 o0 `Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 H. G5 q! I0 D* K5 [7 aHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
3 F6 y( s* f4 h9 cDoes 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？
. [% `8 y8 k" |/ q' kWhat 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?
: o9 K5 L$ z- x# A" v- ]2 H3 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？