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
9 {- n3 y* y) S2 e9 F; sSometimes 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?
0 g6 Y1 u: r; B& l5 w1 s/ O) S你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 g+ _/ l- o( t9 b; R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.
( u. b0 H9 g; m3 [4 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。
1 S! I3 h! ?9 }' M( K& _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。
+ Q  g" S' i3 q: xThat's a memory problem.
* \0 |" b2 z& {5 }这是一个记忆问题。
5 C/ k& @$ P" l% n4 l  \  QI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
  C) V+ W- |) j+ p1 GBut 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.
' W# `% q7 L) C在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* F& h3 Q6 W' J( @/ o) J! uFor 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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  Q1 b: t, B% p% p( O9 I$ d2 JWhy 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?
# N. m, z: n' c# Q6 ?4 i8 B; \6 p为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 \8 e" v) D' o: r* RWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 i7 [5 o5 m: I  rWhy did I get married?
/ X0 c4 y0 E2 r8 T  P为什么我要结婚？
9 |" Q- X" K9 n* f6 s# oIf 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。
% j, p! g2 j/ [2 a. nI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 |/ s( i4 r6 {7 `" @/ o( H1 WOr 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.
0 r# f' m4 T: o4 a1 }) y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 m; s8 U# x" T8 p! A8 }We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: {6 g& r! G- T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。
( R! w  F) z% p0 {. E- ^- b: KTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
8 f0 A/ v- ~! D. N它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ ~3 {1 c* S/ E! L  BDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 K7 z3 ?9 b+ U+ L  E$ Z* n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 _' i  S( t1 Z* N9 @How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) M7 j/ C, T* r: p) b% Z9 [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？
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？
& ^/ {3 s3 a2 g, d$ b! lWhat 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？
# D8 w+ _! u5 a, ?- G) @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, f8 q5 p$ u- }2 j: k你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？