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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) A* l: ^4 K5 J% Y6 q, u3 [( X我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
  s" z: p5 [3 Z! _9 E; F# ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 U2 k5 v: \" ?/ X" N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( ?0 i% W+ _% c, m$ |0 TAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 A) G0 C, w0 j3 Y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.
; Y# X5 z) B; `" m9 y! B9 m4 U哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
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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？
2 s2 L3 \! Q; A# \3 dAt 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。
* A, a  X' x7 ZFor 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.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
; \  R# l; w' v0 R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( E5 E' A5 y* g9 b9 ]% Q7 FWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' }/ ~! l$ t! L! w为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  ^0 K* ^, J+ B1 U1 V, sWhy did I get married?
/ j! ^. Y7 s" K) i5 q& s2 k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.
! X' G/ u7 J+ k; _; K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.
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We stop starting. We quit the club.
" ^* ]2 z$ R! F我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ {& Q) N- v( qWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# s+ P0 a, W- A6 v5 i- e9 B# I# W; m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 Q$ e# s$ z- j+ gThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
! I' Y; x# E9 ?! S$ k  Z3 v; ]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。
) ^0 m+ n! I" [. B% \0 g& ETalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! @4 @, v1 c1 m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?
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Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 @  F# H4 ]4 |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: v, G# ^/ z0 i; RHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) @6 X1 P+ N4 \! O# g你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
& ?( z5 H0 A, X- v  b! ?2 Q你写备忘录吗？
5 k  t7 L9 p5 B3 W3 T& D0 ZDoes 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
+ D0 c0 [6 Z2 iWhat 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？