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
: d) ?9 x5 V3 I3 i/ ySometimes 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？
* b6 U. O7 H# U; ]* B& NI'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.
. T$ X2 `3 B! m我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& F6 K- `# y! e3 n* OAnd 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。
! v% u) ?+ B. }: n, ^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。
# V6 C4 z6 f) a+ i7 p4 N7 gThat's a memory problem.
6 W2 [7 m5 g$ x这是一个记忆问题。
0 e+ c- e6 {9 d5 C1 D& M( vI 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.
6 \1 Y" S+ R% u, ~+ j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。
8 Z. G; W5 ?5 s3 h7 cIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 b# z. v0 w( M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？
6 G9 @7 C( u6 K" w7 B$ gWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, U9 D+ G! [) s) X" R9 kWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, ~& _" J: x- l& p& o为什么我要结婚？
( V: `/ ?% x- v: x! \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。
: o# Q7 t7 a* z! E& oI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. G7 E: w/ w& E0 p8 bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
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。
+ B* ]& ^' E0 a3 [( h4 rWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 f* [. P" ~7 H) K% A' a% `我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# L* q! _5 {) {7 g" aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 o- @$ r1 k, P: O3 D( Z. SIn 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。
0 H, ]( w4 ], I* y" eTalk about it.
  @$ }# {0 I' X( S谈论下面的话题：
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？
* r4 H' S4 o' D& ?- L, \- ]! QIs it a kind of distant memory?
, R# H* ~) i2 o: g# C6 K它是一种遥远的记忆？
: }* w9 r6 K' a. _" N) k6 Q/ U8 ^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？
3 `8 T5 c" {3 \5 n9 w8 WDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
7 c. E7 x# f4 S: ?3 M0 ]Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 c/ U# g4 x! R4 ^; S& g你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 W# e7 k7 I( p( X2 sWhat 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?
& v/ ~  z$ |0 z) Y% M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？