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?
6 J( C0 @: A# d( V  j你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 e1 G3 l2 c9 T7 {" O  sI'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.
& W1 `: |8 D7 C# [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 _  w$ D0 H$ k. |& v9 a8 \And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
0 W  ^! q9 ]; T3 HThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
  P% o! Y0 @" w# s# yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
1 Y1 R& J: Z3 Z& iAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  Z* l' J: {4 ?' Z/ P4 j在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" v4 `* A7 v5 ^$ kFor 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.
3 I* u$ ?& G! i$ `  o( U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？
/ x" N. U/ w! n$ V0 I# }( l/ FWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 {$ r$ ~0 ~. d5 e5 _8 ^9 B' vWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 }% U: j/ {0 N, w( G" j" R为什么我要结婚？
: X8 G2 m* F$ HIf 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。
% m& Z4 v& G6 TI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
$ K4 L7 T: N# }# f. f& ~. lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 U$ O8 {( E4 EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' l" k) p, P( L/ z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) c( _, B( ~7 G* y5 GWe 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。
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。
Talk about it.
8 P- I9 F: T* t+ I7 ]8 q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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 _3 P. T% x- Q5 ?你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 N$ C) [! A& p9 d, P1 a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 f$ B% H5 j" E. ?Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
  F9 X3 V5 {- z1 z/ E! c9 n' @Does 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？
; `" g  K8 `$ t- l* m+ VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! E& A0 I; r+ g& q! }还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 }5 O& s! v! ?3 P5 h9 }2 kWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
* |6 |) z' ], t+ Q/ E9 `4 b2 _& c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？