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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" u0 R8 F) _1 p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
$ B! }. l0 M# B( ?- t! q( T& X/ v; HHave you ever done that?
# y3 F1 u2 @! o( ^( p你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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.
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.
7 G# ~/ A1 p$ 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。
; Y4 C& `( s- a5 VWell, 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。
5 b- z& D* G; |. S) u# Y7 R- B3 UI guess that counts too.
  U5 \8 Z( a' h我想那很重要。
But 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
6 W3 t( T7 @( ^/ 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.
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？
9 k1 _( c5 C% R3 bWhy 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?
! o- _2 M. o$ Z/ G4 ^为什么我要结婚？
' {  q6 @. R& |2 e% qIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. M5 D# T( G4 Z7 j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。
  `. d0 i& j. A, u( n8 S! P( FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
, L6 N# i4 q7 g5 Q+ n否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 W( [/ k* \  ~& b' ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! O2 V" G) v, x: |: ?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。
9 w. T: d/ ]; eThere'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。
Talk about it.
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7 q2 K% z# P' D! MIs 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？
) {" D. P8 @# dIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 g/ c$ c9 t! U' \+ g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ h& b5 L* B8 q2 i* A) z: p, j2 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' r- I$ W) b8 Q0 `: y9 H+ mDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) z8 v1 p3 B3 [7 f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?
' k! a0 d9 `+ Q/ b2 h# |+ B7 h还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 `5 O* Q$ G- D- p, _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! J* s+ N0 L0 j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？