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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* @- t9 w6 Z# a, ESometimes 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。
  V! n' O0 M, u. Y. V! VHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- i$ v$ T: Y, i% e9 D0 k( E# J$ sI'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。
: h1 p7 v3 n: ?9 ^! E0 n! UI 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。
$ |( v2 u$ @7 `: g# @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。
Well, 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。
& J, I+ j4 O& J# e# bThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 F/ J7 T& N7 s" y. v# @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 p, V# s9 {  d/ X- X: j; ^+ ]7 \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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 l4 z, Q+ K& d( F: W6 K7 G在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  G  V2 s- g7 {+ ?7 {/ {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。
6 f7 v  }  m4 jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" V; |! ?- l$ Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
2 ]- ^: T% O/ K' ?, z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, ]# c2 j: A4 AWhy did I join this club?
7 f: I( u2 d: J) t  @为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
# X; s6 o& D! p; y9 w  w为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  t5 Z! Z& r# X$ x6 HWhy 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.
8 V- `2 R( e3 {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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 v2 h" |2 M  v; B7 P  XWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 w0 a  D' e0 M  V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( Q$ Q% w4 u# T8 O' KWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
# b" i: p  ^3 `8 X# K2 M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。
Talk about it.
0 q1 S1 ]- \7 M9 n: f9 ?谈论下面的话题：
/ K& Q2 s. q- ^8 d3 d' A, j  DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, c6 t: `! n& G0 `; b; `你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
, T( ^2 `1 Q  D5 Z% ~8 C' O+ h5 PIs it a kind of distant memory?
3 d7 l: t) ~) u) S4 k. }* G/ f它是一种遥远的记忆？
! v" \3 V' C* y: l7 J; q, JDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! P# p9 O3 j% D2 {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  T, k: p+ e  n: Y  f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* Q, j  O9 F7 J, g. J; |7 T) |, ADo you write memos?
' b( s$ a1 G2 a' W- t) N) y9 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？
5 ?* R( @9 ^. Y  n+ S$ AWhat 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?
0 j3 V& I8 h# s: Y6 \& G( E) ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？