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
5 ]6 q$ E& r, e/ s% [" iSometimes 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。
* e1 k9 x9 J8 R; f- Z" M- THave you ever done that?
- u1 S2 C$ O+ Q- z- l你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' Z' R0 h: I  u, [/ X( P我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; R( Y" w- z% ~% y' hI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: ^* r* A+ V/ B+ i* X) T) B我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 L8 B8 ]# O, S: kAnd 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。
Well, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 a6 C# i$ P. a- K' v8 n% K9 RI guess that counts too.
. _' M3 h, o& r. T7 x4 Q( a) A我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ c+ ?; a$ A7 ~8 a% b1 D' a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？
* P! I) @5 `) _6 m0 f+ d0 j6 y  s6 IAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) Y* j, h# ?+ p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
( N: B8 p8 O5 a- z" @: s3 BFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 n( T+ n- ]+ e# m5 `# v对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
) _) C) ?/ e/ |. R, E" E总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ u1 {5 L" R: H2 {! R2 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' r* |% l, y- ~. {; ~" h1 n: i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ h* S: [8 ^! m2 Z/ E% m7 wWhy my friend was this person?
+ f* g& y3 e6 R$ ^$ h. D6 Q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# |6 I7 x& g) X3 v1 w" rWhy did I get married?
- c! Y  Y) C- y, F为什么我要结婚？
& U9 y7 L% K8 r2 \; g+ L" {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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% h9 `: C6 y! L. ^Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 Z, E6 K, I2 L否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We 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.
9 X  m: v/ U- O$ z- R1 _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! P3 s8 H, K2 ?* o, x1 ?! HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
谈论下面的话题：
" Z  n) X! z/ d0 I& Q9 O6 OIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
% L" i- g5 v5 Q! X* M它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 l+ Q6 d" m5 ^7 b1 HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 M# I' x% s3 h! i9 T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 z4 z% R9 `, r! U: VHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 {. Z7 {2 }. a* E4 C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 d# l2 _1 s, l& W) Q9 r6 B7 f. ZDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- t/ U7 b" g! A6 r你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; b5 u- b3 U& T4 U4 s( \& M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？