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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; ~" [* F) D8 B记住我们为什么做某事
: {4 u( [7 }2 U7 }7 f6 `! {4 ?Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" H9 `" i  ]8 e. n7 Q" v" y8 L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
3 a/ @+ U: w" \7 ~3 s+ p你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. g* S. c, m) Q9 K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。
+ B% d# U+ E6 D8 }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。
0 [& E+ j! d; R0 z! b; A: `! @) eWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; C5 Q" ~7 B9 w2 p2 y8 [7 l哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
8 B- h2 v5 w. Z5 p- x, {I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 E& t2 }! z1 O* W9 [& X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？
2 B7 I5 k! H6 ^8 oAt 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.
' C, y9 e* l# j. g' N1 F对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- L: q- h, ^+ h8 F1 I2 `4 PWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
/ E3 x7 t! H( R$ {- ^$ k2 S0 @: B  k为什么我要结婚？
9 g% n7 u/ A1 e$ J% hIf 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。
# u. a+ K. ~% L$ |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ M1 ^1 t& L4 }5 Z( m0 V) c4 e我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 L$ s9 F* ^. H/ SOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 C3 B$ K+ f% C  v9 j我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% Y# k, T+ G1 A; B我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) n! K4 t! R( L5 hThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: L- F. l/ y4 e. j) z; |# K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.
8 _9 A" N1 k; n$ q3 d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。
% G& K$ |% p' Q2 B0 N, p% S9 wTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" i+ m! S  V( M; P( @* |6 F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?
- V- ?8 O2 N. i" m0 D9 K它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 O9 i  `( P* N- KDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* x8 P4 C6 [% b4 q9 z* e/ {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？
8 v' E; b3 ]# b7 x* I  VDo you write memos?
9 u1 s0 n- w& Y0 R: T! ?7 F6 o你写备忘录吗？
$ r4 h6 ?5 k( E8 hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% q/ z, e. ^8 r# u你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* L3 q6 j( [) F+ YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' ^1 g/ d8 q" R5 j; D还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# o+ T) ?" n' V% v6 W+ j7 JWhat 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？