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.
" G' S0 l+ B/ O6 t有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
9 O' j+ q: E; S) Y7 q+ W% d; QHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 i' L2 n, z7 I, |I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- n1 C6 x+ o7 v& t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.
1 J: T% q7 f4 z% I5 ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( ~, V( U0 a- ]# f4 u6 X6 _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。
5 b- Z/ r7 e, G4 M& aWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
+ ?0 G6 `: n: C9 j# @+ `' x" N5 v哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. h; I, m$ i4 `- h5 ]- zThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
; Q' v: x+ ^. X1 P; V1 t7 Y8 ~  k7 G我想那很重要。
' _2 g# M# x, Y2 |% EBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& F) ]/ U/ Z/ F4 m; \. Z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？
- w% ]0 d5 ?2 HAt 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.
; W. X/ T( E8 L总是可以问问自己为什么。
- e' x" o: Y" \! v: e: @% d& _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?
0 B" {- a3 v5 b& b; N; d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?
7 j" `1 G7 Y  k! v5 Z6 U' S3 y  c* y为什么我要结婚？
8 N: o4 c& B/ H0 RIf 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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
; x0 V! k9 D8 w; y  a& B  `9 n否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" P7 J4 B, E8 gWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* F9 T0 B9 ~; T) r1 S( f我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 A2 W2 j! ?) _1 t! [There's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 u) f" ~  |. U1 ~' _' d, n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.
9 t# N. f$ c: t6 }- A* B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.
谈论下面的话题：
, x/ p' n. A& X. R& R- J7 cIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, w$ w, ^) ]8 ~" f5 v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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! n5 Q' g$ u7 [& B7 R- J7 a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？
Do you write memos?
# p2 T# D8 Z9 h8 F) v1 o( R& Q4 H- X. ^你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
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？
" E- J% w, H. NWhat 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？