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。
/ h- w, z5 e% [* q8 A# R, UHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( e8 N" Y. M( D7 p/ |. F* C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.
, a, A6 d: `* ]0 T- M1 o: r我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ k1 Q( K8 |/ J- nAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; X! J3 b  V, f! ?6 d5 u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.
( u3 |2 c6 t# V+ \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
; O  z( M8 Y9 |* t# L8 mThat's a memory problem.
; V1 X" p, i' E8 \" \这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ O! _1 E" B9 W0 z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.
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。
0 g1 q; Z( J0 y9 sIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" ~$ l+ ?; q2 B3 O总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ B- ^! J- C( i3 V$ l. v4 `! EWhy did I start to learn a language?
  o0 W% f; V2 b4 ?3 k) N为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; q; u$ r& L% o4 |Why did I join this club?
; a, @7 V. B/ E) K0 K$ y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
( {+ w; y% u: M" f! m# r为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ @# h7 Y  h4 W# _为什么我要结婚？
/ [0 X, l8 b7 ?" g/ Q4 R6 a& SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 k' e5 r! I, b6 T0 |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 I  H7 D* ?8 v2 K9 C/ Y7 S; GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 A* `7 y7 _6 n* Q1 s. c1 ?8 TOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
( _/ y) }' w, D- _- Q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 o0 W8 L) g/ N' C* V" O我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- y$ H$ V. f. b. i8 HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
! ?2 `% @. n( ~In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ z2 ?5 ~5 \0 ?) m2 Z! i! W1 _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。
. `, F7 S! ]) E+ O7 |2 yTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. c( Q, Z8 R4 ]) B" |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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ v4 x0 A, r& A1 O+ {  K! A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 `& K  H5 B( E$ i3 aHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ A9 v9 V: H4 d1 o( H; v你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; v. m3 H9 _% I6 VDo you write memos?
5 o% p9 y  n1 r; N- H+ ~- I1 Y你写备忘录吗？
' O' p/ a, ?5 o8 l2 A( V0 V+ ^7 k" k+ g  J+ IDoes 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？
$ Z( C% p4 N" I( \' rWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: y2 u6 ?# ~! V* O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?
  r3 Q9 X" @( w6 V! F, m( m; a" ^% j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？