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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) o* |( s7 s9 E! k4 P- }% m; A8 p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.
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.
7 w2 u- A' S- |) {3 v/ u# o* ^' Z- K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.
/ y% Y5 o- B) \) H. g  f: t- n哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 Z0 W$ T7 @# ]; X, v0 R6 XThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ C1 a+ l9 ^2 K1 K7 p4 A我想那很重要。
; J: ]$ U3 f. i  k  S/ yBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 y5 v# P9 C  ?# L9 [0 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.
. \. a1 y: w: y- j0 \6 {# p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.
* O$ P% j1 O: T1 ?对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 V+ I. `/ p. T7 N2 zIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
) ]" b" Y. }# a+ `& {' G总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' L8 v5 {& t5 h' u为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 b+ j4 Q  U, h5 t2 S) ^Why did I join this club?
* y2 p' [9 J/ a& V8 q, c  s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why 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？
. I) u2 E0 b: a* PIf 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  Z: J2 B7 ~0 M# f: e/ FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ ]5 f8 p' f1 o$ J, r* A& F5 z: N5 u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
. W8 P! o. H- w我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( L/ |6 h4 U- a5 Y. BWe 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.
+ _4 h+ T, k8 k5 l* o问为什么没什么问题。
- g9 o+ x: `: B& ]6 T& Q/ OIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
7 ?2 P' i$ x7 a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：
, h5 b3 T7 ^% E4 q( j5 y7 C2 MIs 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 p& `; b0 C( W; T( y它是一种遥远的记忆？
- ^% F+ A- n2 i% ~  |2 F5 CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ m5 Z1 Y0 _. Q! s% \2 X你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 n( N: E$ d# ?. u. u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) G. a5 b2 n2 [; G1 uDo you write memos?
" T8 e( o3 Q" F* ~你写备忘录吗？
1 p9 K! J- O, L: l/ o! xDoes 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？
$ u' _& q2 ]- u- e4 YWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？