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.
5 Z& h" @' j/ S" P9 Y有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
& P8 J# M8 F/ _) _2 i$ R5 ~' mHave you ever done that?
* F2 R' l7 O' j5 }3 W) w你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 ?2 U) w1 |2 ]1 W1 _I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 o3 f2 o0 C8 p. w' H我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; \3 H& X% {4 a  s4 \# g$ uI 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。
9 R8 k! @. ?0 o1 @) U4 {4 n+ gAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. Y; ~* ?2 |6 Q  K" r  l* M* n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。
9 E1 Q' c* ]2 d' y( GWell, 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。
" C2 O5 y" @8 W8 }That's a memory problem.
5 }3 v- N3 H. L$ `这是一个记忆问题。
- T8 N' }( f8 a; \I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! o4 G. K8 s. w6 r3 D* i2 ~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？
& ~2 K  b) ~  A% p. f: x) dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 T! {  l' s) Y: }; Q0 I/ e8 ^在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 O3 n, A# h+ E! ~: z3 J# Z& j/ p  _For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. z( }# f$ n% s  a9 d0 P, u+ u1 \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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
( U  U9 l: a; ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 O" J* Z! I) d$ n& AWhy my friend was this person?
% C" n7 }3 M' W- q3 w+ B- b/ \为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
& D2 S& X0 `0 R( c2 t为什么我要结婚？
) p/ D+ M0 a8 NIf 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 S# V" C: {9 y, s' G* Z5 oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
: O7 ]- D" V2 n' H% s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。
  M7 T; ^9 j5 E2 W6 ]. `. nThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& E. C9 g" H/ Y! G问为什么没什么问题。
' Q4 x3 Q3 b- m( lIn 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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, F. a6 l( s) b# q5 cIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
3 h! y5 D$ ~" h" {* E& p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？
1 D, }) v$ J# \4 b7 q$ N' eDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 L: E  q( p1 j你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 h) ^8 m4 d1 J5 A8 N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  A7 b2 V0 W% XDo you write memos?
5 s/ h4 X  A) ?7 e你写备忘录吗？
6 `3 [+ P4 w- p+ KDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 |* B$ u0 B+ X) v9 U- P4 B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?
7 E/ z3 \  u% T. m5 L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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？