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。
9 S# {4 G) c. Q- ]9 |& o4 yHave 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.
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.
- }4 ], K2 J2 {* E% M. V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。
/ M. H+ j& J( uWell, 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。
% v8 b$ m$ v# }1 k- Z6 M; J" r( UThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
6 z/ X9 p; H6 h0 [# E  DI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! v* E. n1 I# z. N) H6 Y: X/ UBut 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.
5 Z; R$ B7 v  f! v" R: i& K在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  O/ d8 B+ A" ]0 ]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。
# N. n: l) C7 J* [# [9 y$ qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 m# p1 r- b6 A总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) U0 V5 w8 v; \/ N; F! a为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 ]$ S- g$ Z7 ?7 B! e  HWhy did I join this club?
. ?2 d' G: s# A. R& J* J6 N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: Y" R- C+ M( c' IWhy my friend was this person?
6 x: m/ {6 }$ V! q2 k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 M: F/ |- f; t( B4 aWhy did I get married?
  z0 c& q+ b* h/ A- L为什么我要结婚？
# u. B. f6 Y0 ?4 Q9 DIf 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。
! M) X. w% w4 _0 B' L1 yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 l7 `  e0 o5 L* B! t& U2 U/ A我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; r/ {' Z$ k* a! f3 Z  |Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 G( T8 d  W' m4 r否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# A8 `9 I* j2 l/ I; [0 S/ p1 N: \" [1 C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
8 R, a  B# X3 T问为什么没什么问题。
$ A" c1 ?# A, N  YIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- \- q8 s: Q9 A" {, T- ~1 ~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.
谈论下面的话题：
  ?4 ~& v# X4 b. c5 ~4 w/ ]" zIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 n1 f6 v4 Q; C; l8 e4 d# S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?
5 M% J7 l/ P& S6 g1 \) M6 P它是一种遥远的记忆？
% j( d  M" y) L! y- \Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* _' @; L4 P& y9 g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 O5 i) E+ w" N2 w4 p8 W: q2 rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- I2 m- R: b# g你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 M5 A% h4 N3 I+ N# G8 s& HDo you write memos?
. x' |/ z0 h4 i+ d! e1 @) `2 _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？
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？
$ c9 i1 F, f9 f! Q+ M! RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: M* @2 ^$ [4 X4 K5 Q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？