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
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。
8 p; c1 V0 N3 W- p  oHave you ever done that?
; h+ N4 D% R9 u% `: x你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 D, `* _0 U& r: t: UI'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。
" Z& A2 i/ @; N3 a" p4 gI 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.
/ `8 O6 y$ r( x# k2 O- w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。
9 q& |, m4 M3 g( fWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% p. C  }- V+ v2 A4 d" n$ a# v, C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。
" P/ i3 |3 Y. ZI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
  I0 N5 z, Q) R# dBut 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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Why 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?
; v. [) h7 Y' E6 Y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？
1 X* q4 U! u: k4 I" X- _% n6 VWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
1 g7 A) e; n5 P+ o6 ^/ [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。
* L! A4 u) H8 UI think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ l, L6 I! U8 V1 O+ R我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 o3 U2 z8 I& e; K1 b0 jOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" c/ o5 L0 a" e' n; v4 J  d1 R! m/ q$ C6 a; b否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 `' H; M- \; P6 A: x  hWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 s# |$ t0 a% e& P% I% B  sWe 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.
! a6 n* A9 w3 r" Q* ^2 F  G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.
, a5 f# \0 F! I# x' _5 u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。
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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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  C  o/ C( T! O+ d% LDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; O% F( s2 \& e# Y  _% EHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. l) Q( {3 s# `, F- {你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( \; u/ o9 G+ l# q1 E2 S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?
/ Q. x, U9 _# A" ?还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 _9 M' D8 j& D& a! t  PWhat 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？