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
. G  K0 l, q3 C; A, xSometimes 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。
3 p( n* G3 e" b( N6 g7 k" R4 jHave you ever done that?
. c# l9 k. j6 I: R* g3 L$ b$ |你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
' X5 t9 t) S& H" wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) C# V+ \1 |1 A$ K2 |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.
3 W4 l8 I/ t( ]0 j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。
8 Y+ v& q; d) v8 RThat's a memory problem.
: G' T. C) u/ Q& W* u. L这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
- E( ?  x# z6 O我想那很重要。
0 h. p8 v+ {0 \# E. p) x! `But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* K  f- h' X6 }, H7 h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？
4 `; w* c* }0 Y9 ~% lAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! z$ e2 x/ ?/ f3 q& \% X3 _4 c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.
- F- H3 M7 b( L$ K. q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
' l9 U+ U# O/ ]. CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 _' g0 j7 z" X- h总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 \2 w. p7 h- W$ v3 LWhy 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?
4 P; W" k$ q& K5 d( X8 N. }4 }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  |8 b* ^9 j. H/ p# Z1 kWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
" m# j( I9 Q/ K  z# P. G为什么我要结婚？
1 I7 C; x( K8 j" F: q/ Z' V5 vIf 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.
& N. d1 [0 m7 M0 q. G3 R& W6 B. Y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& U2 l& b) Y4 F  [( vOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ O! E, f0 s! H  o' K. ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
% e& t5 ]" J0 H2 K/ T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
# `" y  E- p8 O1 YThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- I! P! f$ }3 }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.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, j" ~, s4 y3 x) e$ g+ ~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?
/ ^: w# b. f9 D; p6 \它是一种遥远的记忆？
) B" y2 T. q5 N8 X2 w9 R5 GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 s/ }" `: |+ @9 F% {. X; s) L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# M# U& g  ~2 n( q4 yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' y& D3 _3 x! m$ r  `+ S. D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
0 [* p# t4 W( f4 x/ @( I3 y9 J8 Z& [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？
. ~% U3 B$ n- w  mWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& p% f0 [) X2 v! Q: b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?
/ {& R2 ^  F. |$ _" D5 `2 ?& S你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？