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
% K$ o% a3 z  f6 xSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" C7 ?" ~% N$ r7 v7 z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( e& g& I; N0 yHave you ever done that?
( [3 B: O% y' g7 A( x; v$ c你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 y3 ]+ d0 C+ q' U+ g" LI'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.
, z! D! C  n5 s4 Q5 ]我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- w0 C; T* ]1 H8 Z: D3 z3 ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- y3 C5 i; e4 P$ [8 [$ ^, l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。
9 {& [0 _  N; ], s3 }! TWell, 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。
9 g& t( z8 o1 I  }: X4 _That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
% \6 ?: S# A1 yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. G. o# ~/ X, B. U' M. V) XBut 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.
' W8 R! @% L! }2 b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。
* V( w: [2 z3 D, d- L8 zWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 O9 Q6 _; w) r& D+ V& BWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 A5 E) ^: @: {1 O" q$ pWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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。
5 L2 y1 X  a9 V" @8 _I think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 u) s5 O) N. y& t2 M. }# B我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
" F1 I; r1 I. D3 `; aOr 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.
7 i0 t" }. I5 x, R* G: Q& r; J# X' z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 u' T% D0 a' `5 C) JWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
! B* N) l4 @' w& pIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: u( \  s5 H+ V8 S1 ]" B+ B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：
* P6 Y  t5 A& r: E, {" I0 SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
! {4 A$ b6 \' X9 u, s2 \& @; Z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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 x1 g( ^( h  I) U+ L; H* e4 K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& H" H, v7 m* D0 F( ADo you write memos?
9 V& K: g2 J- V' i5 p0 B你写备忘录吗？
8 w; w( T+ M+ ~, S8 p: r8 d/ SDoes 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？
# N, u5 G  o/ b0 [: P7 @What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- V+ N2 J% M! n; x* j还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! R+ o) ]: O9 r# _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; s; M: Y* T# v/ M. X+ S- \5 r$ z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？