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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6 s& P7 z3 X1 g/ l* x记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; V" S. Q+ {% l有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
. s9 d9 u, ~- C0 p! `$ ZHave you ever done that?
: h. ~) R1 K- a0 u, X' E( P你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 l7 Z3 t2 n9 G7 d$ h我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: i& h' x. }& H0 c; PI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 u7 W4 J1 L/ ]3 |" Z* y% K( d我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 y/ Z4 }8 l1 m  Z8 ?3 AAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( D9 S$ [2 p3 Y2 {$ }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。
5 \% w2 K# u" F( h# gWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
0 x( v" `2 n* A5 Y/ b% C5 ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ s7 g: e: x/ T6 _+ x: g$ S$ nThat's a memory problem.
/ [$ Y9 X& ~+ s# Y: K: C0 U7 W这是一个记忆问题。
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？
6 V( N1 b8 s" h0 I; i; y# EAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* f6 W- ?9 Y$ Z: J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.
, k; l  ^5 R0 J+ V; q9 D总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. J6 V4 @; {0 W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' Y5 f, a4 c6 ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" X" a4 ^0 ]- J" @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) U- a; x! ?+ I3 m. GWhy 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.
; G) B4 f: `$ V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。
4 A$ _& b& A2 k0 g: rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' Z1 C) f$ F: Q, b* a! k: b6 f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.
# H& N4 T- A/ }& Q1 ]( v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.
  n( K" V; h$ I+ J1 `5 h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.
谈论下面的话题：
" v- j! s% e6 @, y: t3 p' x6 DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& n3 ^1 D* ^$ @- O, W0 ?7 @你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* d  R- A  V7 F4 X$ ~Is it a kind of distant memory?
5 @  _5 [% ?0 C2 C& J它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- f% H: o* s0 Q5 Z) |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, `" s! z; U. V8 H" zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 @8 g$ J$ u4 ^" B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 S. k% D6 Q% t7 m; q8 e0 aDo you write memos?
9 o. `- h; r% f/ \; ]' k  V3 \5 m7 C* H1 ~你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. |( ?- \7 L2 R6 |+ v+ {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
, Z4 u+ m8 p, T4 G$ s$ KWhat 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？
# H; _* g# T5 ~" @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. y; \1 [, n( p: u2 a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？