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
2 j3 z) p9 C4 m  d- M- X. XSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 ~- r+ S; \3 |& v0 k8 p$ b% K1 d' e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？
, w, |0 w4 c1 Q8 t9 z! t5 ^I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 E5 V; k5 R: P3 U; {9 P2 X+ `" R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。
# X) \9 Z0 j+ c( y1 bAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 ?! p& b4 f# ?  N/ l8 F( @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.
4 r8 Z: z/ o' {. e7 f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 E  d5 C6 U7 y) H! @/ c2 TThat's a memory problem.
' `! l9 j7 F. v+ A这是一个记忆问题。
+ ?5 i. @+ ^3 z; O; @, F) s  s6 S2 RI guess that counts too.
0 k' v0 @: [1 L1 d& ?我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; s4 J3 W% F+ Q, E% n( W2 |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。
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。
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?
9 b/ n, a- |! T; p7 o2 ?  v( y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  Q) e& Q& c5 wWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& F# I2 b  o7 [3 \( {$ V) PWhy 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？
6 e+ v' h9 k: C! ~, K6 V- fIf 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。
2 v5 ^: X) b; f* j$ SI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
& x  X6 \# h8 Z3 ~: ]We stop starting. We quit the club.
- [' b7 _% l: ^8 v5 [! j1 z8 Z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 e" M/ l8 x0 B9 f% LWe 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。
" P% _9 ^' E% U6 q  x8 Y# K4 B1 P0 WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' }+ b1 G0 X& t3 |- j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.
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.
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Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 _" f, D$ P9 P; s) p% G; Y* r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?
  h; `3 ^( y* P, i& F) m7 Y7 ?5 K& K它是一种遥远的记忆？
; U6 e. z1 d7 ]- SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ w  f7 K( {! i/ ~$ ~0 xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% w; [$ d. O0 k你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 Q" |- _# F) _  dDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
+ h. M6 x! m, T8 v; YDoes 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?
1 C' K( u0 [  O  N0 r) E还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
  p# s3 X& o0 I  ]What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
- k; c( K. f2 G- u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？