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。
4 D, P( q- m2 m" L/ x2 yHave you ever done that?
+ X$ U3 K9 \9 Q9 U" @7 ]你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 l, K$ a, y& H5 EI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- Y# c+ p* y, H6 K$ P/ J4 \' t  N我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# @4 D4 V8 F7 x' h3 e# ]+ sI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& R' o5 q6 }  a  C/ FAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 c) Z4 {+ M8 x, s! w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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. v7 X/ @& Y  a# J! K5 v1 PThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
  u2 Q. ~' k6 h我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; K. E# b- h# m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。
7 Q" Z: W5 e+ {$ SFor 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。
It'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?
% P* h5 E3 I0 L; \: z; f* m3 p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 f  m/ I+ ?' d+ `% z% ZWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, c' M& A4 w5 W8 D5 {Why did I get married?
6 C$ |7 r5 ?; C' V5 }: h为什么我要结婚？
( \8 S3 X* N, X. X2 I  CIf 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.
8 @+ D) Z* c6 @: I4 W! U我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  F$ Z/ e0 F! f! [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.
. I0 R0 _# d1 g8 l( `8 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。
9 d# t. F0 M0 K. DThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# n# K. u* q0 |) Z; J! Z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.
% f9 q8 J& K5 K! n, U5 H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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2 x+ j+ u5 _, ]2 T6 u: u! r- PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 p0 Q$ v' l$ c2 W8 k% u9 e/ i) ?你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* B/ w1 w6 [( K. T6 S) J- u$ YIs it a kind of distant memory?
% Q1 V% U2 }6 F' P" ?  G它是一种遥远的记忆？
- d' i; Y8 S2 a* q# i! GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& w* u4 }' g9 S# AHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 s) O2 t) X+ x- {9 yDo you write memos?
' s+ D; _5 L( C7 P你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ z' ~: P, o; ]- b3 D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？
: g/ t: B4 j" x! W6 ?5 X$ o( RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？