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.
' b  U" N4 s! a6 r9 _) T! E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 W# ~8 H- Y8 U+ C" E2 \你曾有过这种经历吗？
" h' x) s/ Y" }7 m( rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  b' {; L, W& s- L7 A; U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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( A, x: o5 e) E4 Z0 zAnd 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.
$ f# r5 H7 Q  |6 z( T8 \- }1 {$ k这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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？
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
4 Q2 |6 o* s/ U8 B1 a# e# |( W4 l5 RIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" W( g! l3 k2 J6 H1 g+ C. S) uWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- P3 n* m& M2 F& p9 v  BWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, H  U9 }! z6 T4 lWhy did I get married?
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.
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。
9 d, M* p3 p( HOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 E% C* \' c0 V! ^( g: `  X: f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 C1 d  ^5 k% O) \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; W+ _+ ?2 v/ o. T; J; AWe 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。
2 K/ w, m$ H. x3 a# e& ~0 nThere'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.
) q; c3 m# v  [' }8 j& r2 b# R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。
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谈论下面的话题：
5 E8 }. f; v: t/ K6 yIs 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?
6 v8 k8 ]" b4 M- I) S( Y6 ]它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- c/ g1 N7 g) k9 l. g; [你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( S" o1 u0 H. r# T! dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 T' b- J$ l- N* R# m! z( r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
5 E; m! Q, m; u8 _你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* w5 ]* Y! L5 [5 Q. I你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
9 c% f$ b9 C5 A  t1 ?What 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？
9 g1 q9 z; M/ ~: `What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 r' U  [5 F' s9 W$ s! a; f2 H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？