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.
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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 J" f. P, m/ G8 |4 x" n4 j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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 C' B7 R" Y2 F7 M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。
* y! @* E. t  i0 R5 a4 F9 ?2 FWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. w2 s: w( ?( K# b2 l. DBut 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？
- L2 M" a  O6 K. `& B! cAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 e* z$ s" G. L, v9 L. @9 }4 r在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* l! G) ]" ~+ eFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
! F2 g& K# ]  C. j/ k$ d+ o0 m2 JWhy did I start to learn a language?
( @  I. Y; g& c" k* L1 r为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 ~) l. r* b* h4 z6 GWhy did I join this club?
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.
: v( O, Z& M% c0 j2 Y5 X& n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。
& C* D8 i9 D; R5 lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 N3 \' E" \3 O* o否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! G3 g/ }8 a4 U" t  w: rWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# c4 ~* R( _" q+ j% ]1 q# L我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 w- Q; t$ V, a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.
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。
6 {( O' M- W6 z- \3 T( r& BTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" V( r5 N! H' b8 CIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( r# n1 |0 M5 R6 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?
+ }1 r$ \/ z/ n# z9 ^- O5 f7 P2 h它是一种遥远的记忆？
" m+ W+ ?" \. S' ?# hDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
. t% y1 O8 E7 _7 L3 [你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 {7 J, f5 E: W$ E: R0 CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ ^# ?: A, {- g# H你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. z. E  N1 D: P! y% e/ K4 ]Do you write memos?
5 V' ?( q& u6 N4 ~5 `5 c: ]6 m你写备忘录吗？
2 C- `7 E  w; j. O, j  ?; s0 [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?
% N, c1 E, B: N9 h7 O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?
- |: q. n, T# F1 p! i, ]( W+ m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？