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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* U3 Q6 s9 F" R+ J: f- Q2 sHave 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.
8 B* L- E* u3 B+ r5 F* v! x  y" ]我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
, K1 f( F/ Z/ A* SI 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.
; Z3 A' y+ I' K) J/ v, {  i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。
' g. p' S1 s- N! q- DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
0 B1 X6 ~9 ]6 S' N哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
1 g# V% {; {1 A6 B+ R$ ?That's a memory problem.
7 `- ?5 Z" E* j* n这是一个记忆问题。
8 ?0 ~% M8 K  n' ^( s& K- vI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ i! X% b- Y% B5 M5 Y; g4 P: z) Y- @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.
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.
, M/ ~) a* {1 S$ e4 Z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。
1 q+ i# m2 T0 ~4 [# |8 kWhy did I start to learn a language?
# s) k% q7 l$ Z: o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' I6 ~: d7 l0 Q& b6 T6 A5 XWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! k- k# ?% t: ]0 |If 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.
6 I) [5 I7 T7 Q7 ]/ w/ G& I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。
% x# O, E* u; c) mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( p9 t# s5 L/ V) t# o  x5 I' K' c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.
8 ^+ Q2 D5 Y7 H7 Q! G. ]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.
4 X6 J' k' h4 Q" k: Z% K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?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
4 P) X: W, V$ _Is it a kind of distant memory?
' q5 b: U' s: }" d, p- M它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
& G( t+ S1 [- U( i& l2 {. u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 Y/ u) X- N/ }% J. ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ M% O, c2 r% J' U& a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 f, E0 a; W- Z' y+ x& K0 CDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
, U& ]( K5 m/ e1 {: l# DDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; Z& W2 F6 g) f1 ^$ o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 K; W( s7 e9 A. i  e; p9 zWhat 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？