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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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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
" X9 \# L1 L! n0 ]' Z/ rI'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.
2 n' C$ N5 n( u. d6 x" S, |5 I" c我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, }8 X- k: ]: k& CAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 |; C6 R$ Z) B# D' X* Q" ^; W6 e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。
8 F( `0 q* ^" G1 M4 H( u; bWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& I, N1 ]+ j& N: I" D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
, P* ?7 A! g& f1 ^这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
( L, n4 ~3 S# `, ~我想那很重要。
% C" c/ c9 u2 ]# u+ S* x& M. tBut 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
( |0 y; x5 p* m% b2 y总是可以问问自己为什么。
! @4 t! t4 @% j: i' I/ Q# JWhy did I start to learn a language?
) D. Q6 Y* f0 \5 H) S2 @0 a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？
Why my friend was this person?
& X. ]( z. }/ \$ X! S为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- i; {8 y4 F* YWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. V0 e; E7 S+ F. b$ P7 d% nIf 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。
  b" v# @- W" w5 x- ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 p8 A  n* j1 L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。
3 Z* z! H* F' v4 W% j0 pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- g- U: G6 d$ X+ d我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- B' G* b2 `  s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' W- ^5 `: u5 rThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- ~1 b- n1 I, p5 y: a/ x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。
5 ]  E2 L  H" Y! N, MTalk about it.
2 z% U" ?/ C' n% y7 r谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 V- p! Y) o: F你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
9 |" P9 @% g5 U6 t# C  K9 X9 S, bIs it a kind of distant memory?
, `' ~* k: H" p& s它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; S% q& u. D/ K" d$ }How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ a4 ~9 Q9 K7 T3 T你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ W, A* X- e" M5 JDo you write memos?
( [  T) S# B% Y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？
! l' u; N5 L: C& L7 eWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 s0 X5 j6 p; ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？