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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1 u8 w; p  a# Q+ Q4 r5 I+ y记住我们为什么做某事
' k+ c& u) v9 w/ B$ |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。
, y/ x! f8 Q3 }3 `  v% o  K* p/ zHave you ever done that?
" O5 |8 l: M+ }! u  o0 m4 r你曾有过这种经历吗？
) h: e8 i8 l- }: n9 _! K6 eI'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。
; R6 E  h) \% q9 K  K' tI 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。
2 G' |8 ?' S/ CAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
# N9 _; M' N# I7 d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。
That's a memory problem.
7 v# x9 B+ ]1 v! @/ V这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
5 z/ l# m3 S6 R# V# P我想那很重要。
: B& \* S5 o4 WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( g2 j3 h* @( ^8 F, \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？
9 q( L( s& a+ _% ]At one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ ~0 t* c1 C" ^  q: f, V5 q! ^' d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.
3 G+ S9 Q+ L6 l$ F4 ]; s. `总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 a! i) |  w  T) y8 e8 ]Why did I start to learn a language?
3 X( M- x7 G, J5 D* W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" K( x, r- c" @# F. u9 J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* `' T3 P8 o6 q4 m8 ?& lWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 ]2 o: J  ]  [, V. wIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 ]" Y. T% k6 _$ ?5 u  X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.
9 a6 ^( q6 w; p5 H: `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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; r# O1 S$ N/ m2 p+ b0 C; I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。
" q& p5 v! G$ L. S5 r  gThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 u+ Z2 Q8 J, Y3 I% n' W$ [1 o问为什么没什么问题。
2 v/ E1 G, P0 P' m) F8 t" r* [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) Z3 l" T, B9 I3 g- U8 H) U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。
9 r3 N, \6 C) K3 MTalk about it.
2 o/ O9 x* p' J8 d( T; }谈论下面的话题：
: o% f7 c/ M2 }. KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 \1 F9 O4 m; b2 }9 g, o& 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?
9 M+ d. O$ `7 r. j% r5 Q5 h# ~它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! P5 u! V5 f( @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 f0 w# E, `8 Q. zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 `- \- @. U; H+ \1 `! O( W你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 Y+ B, N7 W# X9 L% nDo you write memos?
, i" P" T- t4 I/ E你写备忘录吗？
" b) s4 E6 v& U6 G7 \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 F, Q9 U8 Z  V4 Z% I$ bWhat 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？
8 B& G$ L, H1 M) h& V- Q- l% _/ OWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
8 _- ^. u. y: D4 t, Q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？