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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. m/ C+ R, c, u" }3 y  h, }) S记住我们为什么做某事
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。
Have you ever done that?
. V. x1 X: R, x% i, x! k你曾有过这种经历吗？
  ~" @9 m4 J# K2 e+ [7 k/ lI'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。
, |# F& x4 Z% |3 a! LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! x; V7 M# k# p$ p4 @我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- g7 U- D" K9 v; D& U, L2 JAnd 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。
' e8 j0 i9 w) w/ }I guess that counts too.
- s+ t) p- C: f6 W) e% K7 U4 o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.
4 Q* ^; K& l& P  W3 R& ?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。
1 y% c/ B% V0 Y; S) oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 X! H' b. u/ |3 M; g( @+ s5 P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？
4 A: t" W% b, W8 w4 DWhy 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？
: j) _" y9 t# O) A1 _2 zWhy did I get married?
- E$ T; [5 U& i: s. o: Q为什么我要结婚？
If 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。
I 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.
2 s- U5 T1 V+ t5 `) }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 E, A& y$ S7 S0 [We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  F* Q' i2 h" G9 Y& EWe 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。
; V  o; m2 D3 ~! _7 WThere'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.
谈论下面的话题：
5 }" R: w4 q4 RIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 G! L' M  b" k0 W4 X+ R$ q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?
0 y, Q: c$ z' o; N它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 u7 G; x5 v: z7 O& W9 @! i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( J3 l. q% E; m* r% NDo you write memos?
0 ]9 r2 ?/ r8 p6 e- ]/ c你写备忘录吗？
1 I0 u3 k9 |: \3 G- PDoes 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？
) M; f% ^9 j/ ^0 y# e. L: WWhat 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?
- S) }, h, p0 Q6 n( P- L/ N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？