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
+ D( L/ W: E. W0 W% aSometimes 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。
/ U" z5 w/ [3 vHave you ever done that?
0 H9 o3 H/ r5 c! Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
: ?# h( S+ o' ^$ Z5 r& @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.
* v# R# Y" P! J% d7 Y9 s2 Z我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& `& ~% e! J0 A3 hAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ Q" }- @/ O1 Y2 G% R9 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.
- M5 I0 M& c) l; k4 Y4 _" S* m哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) d: n$ N" P! I) dThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 t) Y3 G' ^( m5 Z5 N( P% j; FI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 l) }' Z3 i8 _0 u# j% \9 F* g8 {$ S  WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' I, x  ^# k9 E6 w* s8 Q6 X* |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？
0 R' C/ m0 l- a% }+ K3 NAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' m2 `# {* Z$ V( q/ g0 f' n在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
/ W7 D" g; E9 BFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
$ a, z0 a# h4 X. W. x% D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ y  S& V; J: Y6 k5 _4 ]总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 _( T7 i/ {$ D1 J) x2 O% w7 ^为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 [$ k# L' g$ L/ F, p, J( q3 ~Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 }) J3 R+ }4 M/ Q( i! B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
4 ^4 }2 \4 \/ J6 _' [3 B为什么我要结婚？
$ w1 V6 J0 m- r3 W0 \4 cIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# a( D- ~6 E8 o% t/ w* E8 U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。
. U2 j6 C( C+ MOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ K' U0 {0 [- b2 [$ nWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 W  n( ?4 d8 ~; q7 `6 i3 K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。
$ l7 G, v6 _# u$ z0 [3 O$ SThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 S+ w: K: u6 F5 @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.
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：
+ D" S6 v9 |0 y& `9 T  OIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: O% x! s; a1 v- w6 U  R2 F+ Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 M/ v" J/ n' _& N/ ?$ b4 [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...
/ S" v$ i/ \' k3 r4 N4 I你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 o0 X0 k* m) I- {# c. d; n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  _3 h1 i8 U' ]Do you write memos?
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？
5 Y" a5 k) c8 X' j2 l: R. N9 Z, NWhat 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？
+ X5 `( t5 h# oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: E' v8 }' W4 q5 i* f! F你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？