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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/ |" F- i5 C1 J8 i: @记住我们为什么做某事
5 b' Y# H7 U3 L2 \; bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 o& F# m) a9 E; ]- n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% M: W4 j& i6 `* F4 A8 o' `Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 D/ E7 }4 X. @7 J4 dI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# h0 n' x! v. G8 t* C# [- _. Q1 ]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.
% c' z6 c1 f5 z; T; Y, E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- R$ |) m7 H, _4 m! n# X2 eAnd 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.
/ _/ H! W$ e! Z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  Q. O: Z/ s$ D+ `% j这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
2 @* |& ^6 b8 }  X0 K, c  R  y, F# z. R4 H我想那很重要。
" K2 A( U( x/ P3 ?6 C* m) ZBut 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。
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。
& O, T! D+ S) x+ d! u2 B" s# A8 VIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
# P7 k+ s2 z2 _8 N2 U. W" V0 fWhy did I start to learn a language?
! l/ t: X) @3 E4 U! C" j  Z4 t为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 K% F; H0 k- `3 G% dWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 D% v8 ?; `$ K4 W' O9 T为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& X9 z* e8 Y! J# _2 gIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  G4 j/ i/ P' z/ ]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。
9 I7 A) N, W, D* I. [6 d2 oI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! N% f4 |, M1 v9 F# n( YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 T8 [- G( K3 ?/ [) t4 W6 a$ ?5 aWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 d3 r* U  D# N4 A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ O& T% A1 F( G! T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。
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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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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
( M( `7 @7 r1 Y/ \: z1 `; r! a它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 E: q5 a! }/ I- V% ~6 X你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 W" L/ {$ P. f$ R# r# dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 g3 \. h' ]" \1 ~; R5 [你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% x% O4 }; \4 Z+ B2 nDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
" d% a$ _2 q  x' B3 m' zWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 M$ \- z. B5 j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?
0 s  e. L0 P# k0 l你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？