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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# D& g7 Q5 b, l( a有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 r, E) x" z2 o. \5 Y7 nHave you ever done that?
! s# ~+ Q! b6 G' b4 ~你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* M9 P7 p0 y4 h9 R' N& r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.
) ?; a* m0 u* g7 w7 S8 l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.
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.
2 R# y0 S% W/ K, C哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
, V2 f3 B# }+ r7 ]6 sThat's a memory problem.
4 s$ j, W7 u! w6 R- n这是一个记忆问题。
" r: V2 E# O4 e5 y7 @" h( HI guess that counts too.
( _9 n7 I0 ^4 V( p( m" e我想那很重要。
3 Y7 z% ?. \2 c, v5 g! ^# W0 w. n: FBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% u4 K4 o  s+ y6 M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？
8 ^. a' \/ Q' I6 l: T& {8 {2 HAt 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。
5 W& T$ Y) b" @! j" F4 ]For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 M0 f. U4 p( o8 H2 y总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 S0 _  f- Q6 |Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 g. S, i! X7 ?4 wWhy did I join this club?
* w: z8 y5 X7 {为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' H6 I+ I7 _5 E5 k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: K" `( V$ M1 k1 _1 Z! J2 |( mIf 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。
  o; F8 {( c0 xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) D5 A( a% K& ~- m: F4 HWe 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.
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.
- F  ]7 W# B" ]' Z, H/ ]问为什么没什么问题。
2 u# Y% w2 A# D- j/ P8 j9 ~; KIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- I, d1 a6 [8 W! O' U! T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。
1 ~; d% i. ^: TTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 E8 s2 j; o- v) [9 {! A6 BIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 ^, W/ A. q( l+ ^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？
0 j! P# q6 N" m, {Do you write memos?
2 ?: ?: z: g% u5 {* d, B" u6 k2 V你写备忘录吗？
7 |0 S0 [* i- w3 ~% O" qDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% X  ^! r2 W7 u; N: w5 U. A还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 v  D7 H/ o2 F, R, PWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
( q# E3 X( \) m' t' ~7 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？