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, s5 O; nSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: ~' }3 n" [' A有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 Y" g2 {- h) l0 G你曾有过这种经历吗？
: @* n2 r6 h, B6 j5 H* Y6 cI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; f6 ~* q2 S, t; w2 ^7 W我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& c+ r) X6 S, Y& a  Q0 |  x! LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 X( e7 r/ v1 L2 _我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; N) {' |! G5 e( y0 _! @& qAnd 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。
5 A# d3 j0 L" {% E. \. Q. M+ P/ x) cWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
4 y' P6 R; w) A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ k4 J$ b2 ^  p) s+ |) [I guess that counts too.
2 \0 z% N6 X: Q# w) \; C我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 H+ i4 e- t, E; o4 ^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.
: E7 m5 K, V$ @) \: a在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* `% w% r% o3 r( OFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! D9 a( K, r  [& @% V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: `1 C9 r, ?: A9 z+ E  h; E' {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？
' Z; |: N2 ?3 }8 rWhy did I join this club?
! @2 j  ?0 j( T( t0 |" T9 w/ B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？
, ~3 \* G3 s' T. n  m0 r4 `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.
! k' `. I' G8 [" S1 w3 Q. q& m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。
# Q1 i6 x5 Q- ~7 \- FWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 x0 Q$ g- |: P' V" v: ~7 JWe 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。
5 `+ v. }6 g2 Y* OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 l; [. O6 V! u$ m# F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 l( z, t1 n$ B# }/ N谈论下面的话题：
6 a+ Q0 C& s+ ^+ b0 Q( E( ~4 WIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 a% w$ r. C+ d. t# ]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 T6 i  p. |/ D% R0 E/ W' V它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
+ K) s& v# a4 V; mDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. }8 S+ `0 r; E; A- F5 ~Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  k& E- O5 a( h1 D7 C3 F, e& n你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 r: j2 Q/ w) G, r/ |# fWhat 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？
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？