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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. B7 r+ E6 x# W+ sSometimes 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?
! [! d1 m! M' ~) m. n, _你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 _% H" D0 A. M6 VI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
: z0 N* J7 I. R; ^And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 N0 Q! ^0 l2 X5 ?& Y% [! O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.
# ?% q' o  @. g9 q. a5 g# p哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& T- A8 w# [+ M8 r+ Q7 H6 }( C6 cBut 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.
4 ]$ E! O# E% Q: J  P: U; S1 V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。
# Z9 w& P$ w  D6 W0 zIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ N+ M2 ]  o; q7 e总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
  ?/ f2 j2 k# s为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 f( q+ @+ B# Y9 `7 e+ y- c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？
% m5 D3 ^4 P- z1 k, Z: ^/ m/ R6 t( vWhy did I get married?
/ n1 x! l4 U. i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.
, C2 o7 b9 G' ]6 l0 f+ p9 {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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 h: n/ x& v: cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& s% Z1 p2 u4 `( f4 I: z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 H1 o. R: U9 I5 fThere'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.
1 S0 y, u  x% a, |5 E9 i0 V$ 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。
7 e: h2 Z! d4 u6 N: _; }1 X8 xTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
4 ?5 m, [) L+ w1 x* f) UDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ z* G! P: ?9 w* t' V1 f9 @5 a! Z4 s, \How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# M: M0 m6 ?- j" R1 [2 Q% sDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
7 o$ v8 n2 I' V4 `" nDoes 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？
2 c4 e1 r/ [3 i2 Z% 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？
, S8 c( _  s* s0 zWhat 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？