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.
5 T# I3 j$ w- W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.
8 D( u5 |- V0 B6 B" `* l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。
8 e, n$ ^3 r' j! ]$ q! MAnd 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.
3 A: p, `6 ~! Z& c: C这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* W# v3 t% y( o: J: h! z- F; A+ v9 _我想那很重要。
3 C5 O4 s* y  q, \, y3 TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, J2 c5 c1 `1 ~" h- j6 B) t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。
2 i5 Y3 e7 r. P  K% BFor 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.
: y& _  Q. g9 I. r0 I9 T总是可以问问自己为什么。
' h$ E6 U% D3 [& t8 {Why did I start to learn a language?
  \) H3 b) r' }3 O% ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, k6 \. ?1 T& k( x: h- s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？
/ m1 ]. P+ f1 o' B/ ^& SWhy 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.
* K4 b7 k7 C8 K; e( g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。
% m" H) A) Z. W0 }, h' Y" l0 hI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  y+ e! d/ ~" K3 k$ u7 `Or 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。
We 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 V" x9 `8 _: A, o$ bThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- U0 H) t  x& b7 f7 uIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
+ L. b7 p7 k3 p# o2 Q- X# V' ~" q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。
+ U6 _& ~2 ^' s# }Talk about it.
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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？
6 A; v1 |0 H, D* aIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ `! N4 P) a& ^. T5 [4 k% j  [你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  g# f0 V# t/ o5 w. n/ w) V/ w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" P) Z4 s- J" a7 X( c# YDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& }: t# S2 v" z, K你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& r/ X2 Z8 o1 T: b7 o! k  S0 m0 ~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？
" X8 N& m2 F  g6 }4 T, E' ?1 xWhat 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？