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
8 n. Z9 U" {' W9 @7 FSometimes 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。
# l. r% R9 H2 XHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. v# V- \3 q; ^: Y6 Y% FI'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。
( H* N0 t& L/ [  |9 ]I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 ^* s# m/ L8 W% `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.
$ E$ G% A. @' E, J' A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。
+ Z& A5 R# u1 j4 F. d0 P7 E" OWell, 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。
2 b* ^6 ]* R# \* X1 uThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 y  C1 C2 P/ F' l# E" W4 T我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 A7 X0 L' {( P/ O! W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.
9 v1 j5 h8 F5 }) k% F) J在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
( m- F3 ]/ t7 }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。
4 i) h( b) ^1 ^0 }( c+ R; [# L/ yIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
& C. `7 J9 k! @+ ^: cWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 R9 W/ x- S, c7 t为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  d9 `; m' \0 W% r  z  E6 e2 MWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ |- u; V. g" b5 g为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 o) [6 |8 D- N0 c0 X7 ]. ZWhy did I get married?
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。
" M5 q( ?! y' {$ bI 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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
' ~- T. R( s( d+ p9 ?我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) E& {3 Y2 W  N0 T* P% YWe 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。
, M' u0 C% k( F- K; a, F% nThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
4 D# g" U' [% J# r! x) qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 Q5 h2 ]5 R* ~5 w# ^9 F9 O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。
' o$ T0 x+ K7 MTalk about it.
9 k. h4 Y- R9 E5 f# L谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  d+ o5 z1 k' L( s' H2 x: Y1 G你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" g6 R$ a9 e/ G* \Is it a kind of distant memory?
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Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
  ?: A3 d8 E: F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?
你写备忘录吗？
9 _) c! o- A1 z/ fDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  @7 G; E/ b8 I+ I6 o! g! P你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ }2 b9 ^5 c- g9 jWhat 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？
- {1 `7 K8 E: Z' |What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 Q0 i; z4 s4 J: ^7 u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？