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。
$ T8 m) \( C7 L/ K7 d9 D1 [Have you ever done that?
2 ^( j0 n1 J; N  j0 L你曾有过这种经历吗？
% @5 i0 p! v3 {& }) i+ B% q: v% u: a0 ?* OI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& c$ M' l4 k' z$ ?" v我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
  {: i6 H) n; V5 t% O+ ~2 r9 VI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. P( N: B$ X) R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.
8 Y# j5 I; o9 I# o/ F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。
) p+ q* ?2 F. A2 K% GThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 U& W9 Y, H( o; [我想那很重要。
2 L7 m1 ]. Q1 M3 U1 v- QBut 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。
8 y6 u% X3 u, q, @0 ^. I* n7 NFor 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.
5 B: Q% J  T% O+ K总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
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?
$ R1 n* V2 t% G9 `2 k5 \& G/ ?( R% t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 x: L6 t6 u% }1 w7 j6 F8 [& aWhy did I get married?
4 F5 f0 b0 ]6 J9 i5 @" I为什么我要结婚？
7 |" [, g3 t, e. Y2 fIf 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。
1 i1 c/ g" [; L* T/ kI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 i( o# |) A0 z- V3 w, D* KOr 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.
. D. @# c) [* S3 H5 B1 r7 C" i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 Y6 ^, `7 J4 \. x, ], u6 S2 y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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 M& Z' l) K7 F6 ^. E+ Y3 y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.
" [2 Z' U/ O' H& w谈论下面的话题：
1 s; f; f+ q7 Z6 ^Is 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ ~- J7 r3 P  }2 C6 j# l4 rDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 m* O  b8 F8 r3 p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 T& X: _4 q! w1 M你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  u" y% P& g9 r  e- X0 }Do you write memos?
2 f: ?4 f, Q# M/ Y4 l: u你写备忘录吗？
+ ]0 y- [, g/ G& l: [9 z1 x4 x: vDoes 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？
% `' F# N. z+ J% V5 y- J: w/ f1 M% SWhat 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？
3 [: X$ i( U+ F5 P: fWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  J, p- ~1 c9 Q3 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？