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.
8 l! r1 l' U9 q# @+ D% w/ E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
: s" x: z* j" ~Have you ever done that?
/ g, j; n, f* H4 \' D' x7 k你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" h3 M( L& ^' i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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: b3 k: h6 K- q" R' c2 M/ 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。
! K5 L( j) |; F( x. DWell, 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.
/ s1 }# s0 T  u2 a* C. H5 c这是一个记忆问题。
$ z  X7 q0 L7 W# `+ D, g% \I guess that counts too.
" x2 g  h2 F1 A1 v  w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？
% h4 |/ o/ f9 k5 x5 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
% j: T. i( C$ v+ k6 m  R: X3 O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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% a3 S' m# ~* F2 |  dIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 g4 d2 P) J! O& ?. M总是可以问问自己为什么。
' J. h3 s0 G% yWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ V* c" S5 k) Z3 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 W3 f2 q* v8 n8 FWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* p4 G8 Q7 K/ [6 _4 {Why my friend was this person?
& G4 ]' M6 p8 h/ Q! ?2 s0 M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* A7 L2 o9 }  l$ T/ E! F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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) Y/ v% ~9 Q- H# P! b9 N) F5 w  m. C) QWe stop starting. We quit the club.
: i! ?" F( }, E1 `: |我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: |, ^/ [! p7 Z( @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.
% o7 S' w; D4 `; K; A) d# ^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。
2 J# U! R0 I& NTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
% H. P6 C% B8 C' |8 ^3 M! v) JIs 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？
8 n8 B/ T6 U! ]2 k' rIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  i0 _* _+ s( a: W6 v: `% u% NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ P, o0 u0 c2 @& ~* d( q/ ?8 V  D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？
# i0 ^$ ~1 o9 o; E8 m0 j  i1 M( KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
( F: ^( Y3 U% h* B- R3 \: x4 L* bDoes 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？
/ V/ W, V5 V3 _6 z9 d$ W3 NWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: T3 f5 ~( P1 [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？