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
5 Y8 [2 k  ?8 W2 WSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, W2 f+ I2 T; u+ m$ @2 y% g) D有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ h1 j# |" x4 y7 R! s- J7 b2 \Have you ever done that?
+ T2 J( O6 P3 `1 s6 c# k你曾有过这种经历吗？
# Z, c8 v% e2 a0 C8 \I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% e+ j" r0 `, b9 y/ w) \, v. V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.
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.
这是一个记忆问题。
7 I4 I3 n! ~* lI guess that counts too.
+ T& ^4 _: ?4 F" }: s0 ?4 ~# l我想那很重要。
* h+ i8 T! h+ K+ B* y" 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.
8 M# l. T- I/ _/ n6 @. a在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& y0 K/ u: L$ cFor 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.
9 B+ d8 n" N: F总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, U  X' L3 R' o1 G8 }/ ]Why did I join this club?
$ X' N5 C# R3 H, k1 S为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ U. T4 P9 K) ^Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 z  a- S4 I& J$ y/ x5 i" ZWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# B) |2 s1 f6 v. N& t+ W- zIf 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。
/ z- O0 z: V# J; ~/ h! s, GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
4 C" `6 ~* Y5 N' L7 y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
' P; U4 T: w) z0 r5 V" l' f我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. e& @9 @- W# b4 n6 YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) U% s3 z& o6 q7 C  f2 _' O6 P4 U我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
" ~* z3 ?: p5 BThere'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.
# ?5 t- h5 O3 M# q6 |8 B# g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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" ]" a9 O- T' l你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: r5 |/ D" u7 D" o: W2 b! z5 {) EIs it a kind of distant memory?
$ a3 [+ W, c: G" \它是一种遥远的记忆？
% s- H& Q$ G4 z, }$ GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- ~5 [& d. u+ ]% i1 [+ b0 H# V8 ?你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. x$ ]' x" [) A) ]- yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 m0 N. }+ O) J* `% h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; ^7 `) ~1 d- z/ X, XDo you write memos?
9 t$ E7 h9 d1 B# W: G7 ~你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! L- Z' G3 F0 Y4 l: k! J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?
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?
7 q- o+ i4 x9 h0 _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？