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
  j: Y, D* ~/ B* s% P( \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。
) S: }5 Q) s. z; Q/ J  Z: [, p+ E) YHave you ever done that?
% u$ B0 Y4 X; B' N$ I你曾有过这种经历吗？
. `! @& M5 P0 q1 D8 c$ e7 FI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 c" _4 j' R1 I) `, f6 s* z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。
! \. w. k) G% vThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
- z) T. V7 G9 q* z2 S- O- oAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
: ]8 O/ C; U( ~: L7 j" N3 p, S/ P0 F0 W在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 ^" H3 ^- V% S1 B/ _' RFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  G* y/ v& V, D3 @5 q) u' O5 t对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
/ C# _" g2 h- g; U$ |总是可以问问自己为什么。
' a  }* S3 c3 ^- ZWhy 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?
! @" O" S" B( h( f为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% q/ X" D$ }. Z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 m  Y* `# l4 ^. X$ W7 `If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 f3 F3 H! J' f" V9 A" i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。
0 }0 S& y2 |6 U* ^3 X! |: ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 z6 r+ h2 t) |% g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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ e: c" @( U& G1 rWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 P& n4 G1 e+ s. V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.
; [1 q- O. L, L& F问为什么没什么问题。
/ I% Z. @9 D- U9 lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& s. r6 T) i" h& \1 [& ~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：
- v& B8 A& w: Y6 ^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？
- O" h& L3 Y) i" ?2 o. X) I" v' Q) \Is it a kind of distant memory?
" j- @7 W& O$ V  J6 S它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
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7 a: L3 J6 M0 y7 `7 x+ Z1 ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- ]/ C/ o0 L7 Y2 g3 Q: p你写备忘录吗？
! G$ r/ s3 s6 l+ Y& fDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, C0 |. o$ w, L+ g8 j! O7 K你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 T" D: F2 V8 E8 PWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! U# K9 V$ m6 g) ?5 l/ [还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 A5 q( h7 m# o. I8 \- p0 uWhat 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？