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
" E$ y6 j" @5 b. K& y5 nSometimes 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?
" Q* E! ^3 z" v, T2 U你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( [1 t5 a/ x% G  s. [我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 c9 ^5 x4 C. B3 z! f; ~  {I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 L, @" [& X; N& ^我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- g" D, m( O1 g/ hAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
% _  k% \$ U3 ?9 X+ V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。
/ ?# j+ j! y" Q5 o5 V! f: UWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
6 {0 Y: G. ^0 A2 O- Q8 EI guess that counts too.
: I+ U; l# l& o7 c# M% n( c我想那很重要。
' E) T0 s: J2 |But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- V, E/ \; y$ @4 {- G2 @, ]  U2 ]# b  y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？
1 l' M1 k7 @  @" w8 dAt 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.
6 _7 j( L; s: q/ t1 U# J对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' X* G* [2 B2 l总是可以问问自己为什么。
& w5 `$ m$ U9 r4 j$ ?# jWhy 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?
; o' g( D" @0 S/ J; q* z4 U为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
1 {3 u& E5 m5 j7 o. L5 d6 m9 z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: B" [) V0 Q2 z; q8 }+ ]( o为什么我要结婚？
9 c9 y9 V7 ?. K( c( E) n9 @8 [, oIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; b2 R) P9 N6 e3 X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.
$ _, q1 g7 u: D6 I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.
7 @2 |7 y+ S8 ^2 e% f  ^/ J否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( }* W5 w. G. `. N8 ?% E& qWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( ?) ~6 Z$ B! [/ J* d( F2 e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! d5 F1 f/ }- \& |; u4 AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ z- ?3 }; i. O0 k! N, }5 j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。
8 t9 B' j3 C: s- fTalk about it.
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! ~; w% Y8 `, P) S  vIs 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?
. O" n) n+ q5 k; c7 C* X它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 |8 p! j( @1 m2 }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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- v. H- V# B! _" f5 o0 J# X你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 Y% S4 M  }8 u: m你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
) A2 _. _  t9 _What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* b# |2 d$ p3 _' ^/ X$ c: ^还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& b% n1 L" \1 e+ M; I/ ^/ t( X* }What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
3 v+ E7 R0 U2 U你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？