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
7 V5 S6 {) P" d2 |4 PSometimes 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？
; y/ d* Q+ I4 xI'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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% G! m! W2 d$ u4 f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.
  `5 C6 e# T, s9 D# X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.
% {# G; ^, \  h2 q+ P1 C$ W哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( ?9 ~3 |1 W& o. k/ S' }这是一个记忆问题。
, V* ~% Z9 B3 A+ Z! tI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
) s7 J5 \6 P& z( B: vBut 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.
9 U' y( W- C, c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.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
. r. `* \2 n$ x, |, p5 x为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  V8 c+ c" u9 J$ v3 d9 ]Why did I join this club?
% ]0 l3 d. @3 |  D. Y  S7 P! I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？
/ P% F7 g! _! B: M0 pWhy did I get married?
9 M, I% {3 b# T# J# F& H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.
' U, k$ S- }0 L1 f# [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。
' ]5 T% X& T8 `Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. H# c2 o) L' _We stop starting. We quit the club.
4 R4 ~8 R, O2 }* _* y6 n5 P/ M% M( p我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
! q, T- d7 l9 N* n* q( W  xIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# Y6 h; n" M  A3 |) L# c4 I0 r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。
- I1 k2 q: C; O* L! `$ mTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
1 }6 L, F0 `& n3 S  j' oIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 ]9 O' H2 }! m0 q! Q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...
  A0 e+ p, Y6 J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" L3 }, B7 A6 P$ U0 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; \! b* |! C7 T1 X$ U; GDo you write memos?
- m) N# }3 w+ Q" x( L2 @7 v6 s+ y2 M1 m你写备忘录吗？
% ]& |- C9 n4 `3 J% D! A9 BDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) u1 w8 G6 }+ R. L3 f, E你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 o9 b6 U* F  Y' n8 |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？
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？