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。
Have 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.
! M  ^1 x4 m; _! P/ a2 F我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 Q) m, h& y' 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。
) G8 w4 B# {! H$ `1 J: XWell, 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.
; X' C$ i8 I: o0 a( F# \5 d这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# S* W4 e* @# m- Z' e. jBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 k, y% @$ K0 Q/ {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？
. _4 C: }: h, d* BAt 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。
, w3 r+ i1 e& e/ h! n3 R: PFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) f1 `3 p( }9 j4 X) h( m7 @) ]$ o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. L* `2 `0 i! b$ q6 G+ \It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; W9 O/ v( b( R, N( F2 m$ m总是可以问问自己为什么。
& W! n' m5 o) N* b4 G: FWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 \4 j7 ?+ n( G1 |: u为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 u# q, Q4 P+ E" C0 r9 B, X为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
3 b4 S) b+ U4 t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
5 Q: s  [" T' m# V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.
8 i8 z+ e2 A8 U6 T6 z8 \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。
1 |: x7 N2 N6 Y0 l8 d* qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 j5 Z4 m3 O7 Q3 |6 {) T4 q( b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.
3 D. [# ^& w: G+ N否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! }: _. a" M& \9 j: R# \We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, }. f& r" T$ N' ]+ C2 pWe 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。
" C. p* d* u9 b+ `5 P$ ?) f0 AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
( \! c$ P+ c5 }3 @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) l' y6 k. p8 n/ f2 o/ f7 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？
  r. D) o& N' m' f  hIs it a kind of distant memory?
  \/ y/ w& ]1 [. A它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 w. r# n. I/ K2 }; GDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
: T) @* h* D  U3 E( s7 q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! W& e" X; A; {; [4 x  \+ {你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: i2 i% u/ \& F# d- _你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
  U0 h/ o$ c) M; f9 u7 p! W4 |- KWhat 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？