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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 q' n, X! U9 z- O你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# a- V1 e) P5 f& m  w+ X; P6 G我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. p( P# m1 _6 f! t& M+ K: U0 ^/ u  ^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。
/ k7 z) k6 R; z* W3 ~6 \6 \* F9 ?That's a memory problem.
5 g/ D8 Q& l3 g  S! u这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- k/ E+ l2 u9 [8 Q1 ^* cBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. I9 j6 M7 v  n% O8 Q4 z" l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？
; F" n" c5 q; L5 ~/ ?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。
) I/ D: ^: x; `1 o5 dFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
) h$ x0 K% t7 H3 l- b( Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 t2 S2 S& }( o+ l) m- l+ `总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 k  Q8 H% ?6 TWhy did I start to learn a language?
- ~3 S  C3 b7 `; P8 S为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' ?# l. r& h. Y5 p* `* qWhy did I join this club?
* \1 l( W& J; r! ?9 b6 k. P/ g- C为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
7 n5 Y+ M* m+ e- d为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# `! k; d9 l2 ]  qWhy 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.
% P) I, w! T' K+ C$ {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.
3 n/ D, m) ?, ~$ Y* b6 H! `5 Y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# }6 M! c5 y  h2 b" @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.
9 y( w# G2 \- i/ ?) J5 p  d' d' h我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
% f! j* r2 r7 f7 U' U# i2 wWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
# _. \: G5 y# }' {- h问为什么没什么问题。
4 @  p2 X7 M/ W  U( R- s- V' UIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  A. `- L' X' ]. \2 S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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* g! I3 v: [4 g% P: ]/ \Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& u: e& G- }9 c* P2 j' c* y$ C你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# a3 U1 e+ s4 n4 eIs it a kind of distant memory?
& w3 t2 }8 N$ _& S. r它是一种遥远的记忆？
  X  ~4 z  S$ q9 U9 ]Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ y3 v9 D0 k$ \  z; U* A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* W$ M, N# U) S. x' {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  {3 `$ T, S' c% q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？
/ y. r9 t+ M4 a8 N9 r* K2 u: F0 vDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  H9 w7 t/ d2 {( M' G! s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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 v8 w! d" Y$ z$ \* H' e+ Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？