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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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。
5 l$ m2 t" z3 @; ?" F& }Have you ever done that?
# B, |. F4 t, F你曾有过这种经历吗？
# N( l( e$ C( U0 |9 PI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ S1 @# p$ q1 D1 H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.
! J+ _. U4 j) j/ q& p6 b0 s4 Q/ Y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ D8 k1 C2 p8 t" p; rAnd 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。
% @0 \; G$ z, RWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 ~' W$ N- [; o) H' _# }) g6 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.
6 u1 D( c+ ?7 n; |8 c* z" q, k6 {1 f这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
% t( i" s! N# ?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？
- V" |: a0 ^  D  p) c2 zAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
" H2 P+ v% t, Z* _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.
1 ]' X6 ^" y! M1 o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  v) Z, ~' G+ F; _/ l  x9 XIt'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?
+ {& ]4 Q  y$ E) K  R' m为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' ]. @  r+ r# VWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; X- q! l7 q0 t7 |0 J4 L, Y& M$ l% R+ JWhy did I get married?
% R8 ]6 o9 b  G7 d- y  c, ]) `% C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.
$ \* M' l, \7 O  U- O+ \& q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.
- X, b  W6 e# d! @2 Q1 k  B9 L否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! s2 a* B0 l/ J( U3 A6 f/ z3 M* jWe 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.
6 k' C' R/ H* @! t我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
& [3 m% O/ U- W0 v/ D8 TThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 r9 E- Q* E- U$ I1 v6 M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.
' r  L) K+ E$ l* P! W$ N# z8 g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.
谈论下面的话题：
) _/ A+ ]. }9 MIs 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？
( x; e- d; U% N9 Q6 O, F2 IIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, T$ g- q- u% L4 H# N$ D你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; M( i  f4 E. @7 T  H! N. oHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- g. a+ M/ i8 X, M你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
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？
! ]7 y' z0 g/ H: z; C$ mWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 u$ U) v  H$ _# j& k* q2 _还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 d+ Z, C5 D% LWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& N9 B+ R/ e" N( n/ U1 ^) ~, L5 d6 K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？