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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
" }3 V! L( ^) {你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 _5 [5 d6 u' q/ EI'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。
2 i# A/ X! F3 [- O( r/ N: H2 R& }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。
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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 L! n, N% L1 L' k% a  g# {3 [, }That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
; o' {6 J4 F8 D' M3 \7 ?I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( w; D! H+ O' v( W0 nBut 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？
" l, }, }( H6 v5 ^: _+ fAt 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。
. J, J* h# ^( F  w' {$ M0 ^' fFor 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。
; U3 c1 S- e+ d' Z) jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 |. ^0 W( }1 P2 R7 }1 lWhy did I start to learn a language?
" O- R" J- L2 V( [# K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& L8 D8 \2 X7 K* ]2 o5 m- dWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! m1 E# \; ?& I0 j% h+ `  X6 rWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
+ n, |1 B7 Y: k9 v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。
: W6 t' @2 p2 H( T+ lI think we need indeed remind us of why.
2 m- N! X; r5 C( B- }1 E& b. f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.
1 z# b- H. s: b6 [否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, W! A! {" ], U2 \( M, ]' cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
1 V: n8 T& w8 y8 b& g+ ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 t/ [$ e) [& b/ ^* y( P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.
6 x, p# z: x. Z2 P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.
1 C8 C- @3 h! E5 S9 |. w. Y" l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.
* C6 y7 i7 i" Y+ u% w$ c3 x谈论下面的话题：
5 x! o# T4 c. a- i2 `, L/ c) PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. K/ k9 q# ]* a6 Q' p3 P$ z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: C- m# B3 B# Z0 ?( p, O: ]Is it a kind of distant memory?
$ g* u4 \- |3 x$ Q2 c它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" S2 [- G4 o" O6 u/ b  P+ t. g5 sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 W3 E. O6 K8 r. s* m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* K5 u. G- }# BDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- h' R1 s# r0 Z- |1 MDoes 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？
0 N4 m0 k( M0 e+ H  R' vWhat 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？