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.
- a! [8 t7 G, b* R* i( d3 M有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
/ e8 c1 d. @: R9 A, _" X, F7 r你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  b  u; W5 J0 ?1 u- F. i8 m5 s% @7 e& y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! m7 e$ ?  K+ s. S" q4 D, pI 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.
& s: Y0 t; r) U1 Q7 u. G7 W* i& C哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# X$ @* d# m+ n8 aThat's a memory problem.
$ p. R, P# c- ?' o2 N0 l8 j& h这是一个记忆问题。
" U# I* @2 f4 N8 \' n8 YI 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.
5 ?: e; r' L1 ^2 F% ~% q) p8 l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.
3 m7 g" C$ \7 W) F% Z8 l对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
- n2 c+ [6 T" e: Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
1 ], I% w* m2 s; _- R2 l7 P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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# P/ \8 r. i3 d: t2 x* MIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 q2 R7 O+ w& I+ {$ p2 Z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。
! f7 \+ k* u6 N  E( POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ h1 A1 w7 }- r$ {5 F6 y" h) k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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" p& P  F5 E, T3 z. z% o& R2 D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.
- ^1 B$ z/ ^: j) N/ W) u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.
2 x* \0 S, i. W; h/ h9 E" c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.
/ R; j0 r5 {$ z3 [. Z( p谈论下面的话题：
0 }  v  A8 l4 |, y6 p( |0 ZIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) J; o# w6 K* u6 B你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: g3 h$ z: O& M# L( HIs it a kind of distant memory?
1 L) K3 K. a- Q2 N. @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……
% B& S! d) V# nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
# v' r! U9 L' y+ F9 F# q' P7 q你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
) U1 s& Z8 R! R% A: m9 H) rWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 @4 R6 Q; ^2 f( l( s& s$ @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?
: V6 }: M8 s+ O) T4 i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？