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.
0 [* h+ u8 E; X1 N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
% r/ q6 s6 N! h# ^* l" h: G6 S% w- WI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ q+ C0 X+ {6 j我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
0 h2 h2 S: Y+ I. ]; dI 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。
$ q! w2 a  f: y( vAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 D4 x* A+ u: q/ S. e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。
7 |5 e# O0 T, s5 O0 T8 K5 W9 X$ TWell, 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。
% p0 S2 d6 r& \/ P7 e/ ?0 T5 B: Q0 XThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" A) m. M  D, K. r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
6 o" g9 w: k" C6 O- n, yAt 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.
7 y1 h" k1 M5 t6 c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 e" Q/ ]  E& J  Y5 U1 a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?
% `# F( x1 E2 t0 Y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 T9 r) A/ g& w8 }1 M$ p8 Z/ G. [Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! J$ Y0 U1 q, h; f- [/ bWhy 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。
1 c, p5 m' i+ JOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 w3 h: \  ^' q0 P: E4 E否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; ^; s6 M8 s1 C: K) ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
) V! m# L0 q, m  J我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 B( v6 Q3 g0 L4 B* q+ s$ H/ oWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& H( {. Z1 H- B我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- `# g3 ~( y) ~- H  VThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
# D3 i7 o' {' x# P- ~  b; K/ i' u7 [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。
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( R  x  u3 J: w+ P( K6 `4 O谈论下面的话题：
* _2 l4 J: F0 w+ L' X5 W0 z5 `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( F5 I' \7 C1 ^2 ]5 u4 }+ j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？
' f6 j- W, f2 B+ ADid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% N) R! W* R' h6 \9 c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 z9 Z1 V* g$ t; u3 bDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; Y5 p" k( Z3 r* @$ J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?
. \+ l& p! y8 {7 h& q' s6 r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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？