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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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。
* Y9 g+ D$ I0 B7 p# uHave you ever done that?
1 Q) o3 {( k" j8 g你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 r6 [- C1 O: S) b  _6 t- y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
, E. D/ C) c/ o0 @0 ^I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! S7 ^  r3 Z# ^/ ^8 |3 n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。
: c7 E( r, U: ~! c$ WWell, 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.
5 `& V" q5 J' L3 N这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% s1 ^; G: N1 I( O; ]我想那很重要。
2 V6 V/ y- n) v: [1 D0 \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.
/ \! w( y* d% s+ W- z. H! ?& |在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& B: \/ K0 m; Y# J7 X/ w9 v" KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  M2 E/ h' v- ^4 Z6 q; ?, z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% M9 f3 U6 k. J  G2 v1 }* b5 F( jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
Why did I join this club?
# {1 e; s( }) F0 D. N5 q7 E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; B6 c: \  I. k+ B5 ]Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 O2 l6 y2 w4 ^- ]Why did I get married?
( z' K& }9 w4 ?. N; z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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ B  |: z/ d* b+ G5 I" v& MWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) U% d. Z4 o9 h& ], D! N/ C. dWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 v6 w, w: A* F! Y" @6 _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 R8 [9 D8 h1 P8 M5 H$ HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
) F" R& S; W- r( m% _8 U1 MIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 a6 J/ M" X4 h7 m1 a' r/ N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?
$ i/ s; ?4 N& W! o) ~你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: G* _* C  i3 u" h3 V4 h+ B& pIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
4 J/ B9 `! A3 G# |: ^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?
% N5 T0 H% ]6 U4 \1 j0 T你写备忘录吗？
0 W0 f* \- {& w* G- U5 fDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 |8 J& I1 ?6 r2 D1 Z# [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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. C" ?! P1 E2 ~5 Y# r+ LWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 J( M7 \( [/ j/ F  I你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？