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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- w7 _# k/ Q! {+ K" Y5 E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
3 r" |' Z& s' r& O你曾有过这种经历吗？
# T& F2 ?5 H. X$ v& gI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# L. O: f/ n( b1 x4 v2 L6 P* G$ u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.
# ]  L0 A" I" ]/ s9 B6 o( m/ o- x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.
2 [: u: L6 L! Z, c% G0 o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。
! T  e& U+ n1 oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% h, z9 @3 t3 U; \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  q/ A0 ^4 Z/ y  b: U2 G8 dThat's a memory problem.
$ o9 _9 F/ n" v9 N- Z; V/ F这是一个记忆问题。
* @7 M4 l3 B1 h( i9 y" Y' _I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 Y) u" ~1 ?: q+ a' {  iBut 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？
/ q" S. c6 O3 m; {+ E% {1 Y! JAt 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。
, |# y( ?3 ^5 ~1 l1 e6 OFor 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。
6 f* o) q/ N) i+ r/ A8 j& L6 aIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' ?! `7 P! T6 d+ f: _总是可以问问自己为什么。
! b# E) {) U2 ?0 |# p0 tWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ z' R, f( i0 t& WWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* t8 Y' _6 \% `/ pWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" Z- b; i5 H* @. ]" d' ~Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% u7 m  l  p8 o7 FIf 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% ?6 j- _$ v( J! N1 j6 e/ _/ j7 `* eWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- J8 r: |' |9 b& w+ ^+ E1 TIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) w+ x* u1 g; W$ {. ]( [8 B  Y1 U1 u# M' @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。
5 ^0 z1 [* ^7 e' HTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
) r7 {" L' d6 P& K: z& A8 Y% WIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, x2 u; m2 `) N- d. q5 `: i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# ]0 r5 Z4 `$ R: OIs it a kind of distant memory?
% ~* U# u8 b+ M) ^; O" P' t6 x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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
  \0 T0 O0 K$ F$ ~/ k2 a你写备忘录吗？
3 b: l+ K. d  E# }2 d) G# T+ b2 iDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 X9 ?* ^3 b" K# n/ W0 O( d5 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？
! b& R$ Q" Q& |, v$ _What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, ~+ P7 E. `) G+ J% m' W% w! h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 f& ~" \0 p/ O* [你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？