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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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。
  i$ i" f; j! \5 T+ B3 R: fHave 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.
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。
$ B' ^( @) l( _* VAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. Z3 y) W7 A6 t8 j/ i" k  E1 \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。
/ z9 g% m+ c( n4 c& yWell, 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.
) X7 X( B1 o% k" V5 r6 J这是一个记忆问题。
2 M( t( W* }4 J9 P3 ~I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ A/ @: e. D- |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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
9 U7 h' q: P. B+ T* L$ c6 |. D在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
; E: h# T1 V5 c- ^For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 d+ ]- J7 E5 _0 u2 e/ G对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# O; Z( N$ E5 D' ?8 b( m  R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) K& h8 b" M' zWhy did I join this club?
7 z+ [) A/ s% f7 Q' 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？
Why did I get married?
! u: j& W7 W$ G4 |为什么我要结婚？
( B% y8 j7 z; e; n! yIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* i  Z' w9 d" e+ t. V7 B/ h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。
3 K2 L5 M+ I9 `& [I think we need indeed remind us of why.
" i' K2 e- v% k7 v$ W! w我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& E8 |5 K# l- B8 s+ l# }# rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& m( C4 U. W( f4 z' q/ ^! n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。
. H1 s! {( [: {' f3 zWe 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.
, G, I/ ~, e% I" Q3 S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.
" _+ ]. Q6 t9 H( _) O1 K6 r; S9 e' X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?
6 B; h# o2 O1 d它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 O3 o# ?9 S8 h3 r- m1 [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) ^+ b9 v2 b7 `& rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& n& Q' W/ T# S  q" X; K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 C5 R( M  r2 f! W: a5 `, @  g1 @Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
5 J; k* ^5 I* C4 V# UDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) |4 A/ a# x9 h1 r( T) n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?
- o# m. d3 O" X6 J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？