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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 P( p' D9 m0 l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？
6 {" }. ]: F: j6 j6 F, tI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ |1 V& d) ]+ T3 e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.
1 M* P# w" H, h2 D9 U我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ Y4 P! g0 q6 eAnd 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。
( c/ }8 z4 F! b- Y8 ^Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
' x, o+ H* e- X6 A. f' X9 G& U/ Y4 B哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 ?9 O2 ~  C4 K* R! r% O/ KThat's a memory problem.
. D* ~- y9 u4 N  X这是一个记忆问题。
- G) [% o8 p: A2 ]% FI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ F6 Q8 m: [% g8 V: R) t3 WBut 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.
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。
- f7 H  D# t3 a* gIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: Q& `4 I3 M7 t! a总是可以问问自己为什么。
; H! X1 r1 T7 H) I* K. j3 V; sWhy did I start to learn a language?
, v0 g  ]) ^. S; o/ L9 J# C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
# P3 \# k, U6 B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ `  v/ h% M* i) T- g, j1 T/ @" ZWhy my friend was this person?
1 \7 Q3 l' U9 Y7 }2 ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
# n. B% B& F1 P! B" W" W: n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.
- O. i. |. w: W. H* ]) `9 o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。
" q+ p" M* l$ U) C' lI 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。
$ v. A8 F/ w. x0 p1 p& i$ wWe 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.
9 ]+ W" v, {4 q; N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- w- U. {& ~) |3 yThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
! s9 d  z1 X% b5 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。
6 d7 O9 n) k2 Y' j# F3 O6 CTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
( Z2 n/ k1 f+ v0 c1 O/ }& a9 {4 @Is it a kind of distant memory?
% _- p1 v; G3 e) I3 R+ q8 x3 q它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ u- [" }8 W0 Z# g9 JDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 e, {7 y1 g* C, ]8 {7 S& {你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 \# \/ T' a- [. P4 g你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. Q1 _; E) g* Q你写备忘录吗？
- _0 I3 K! I/ L6 e( U/ KDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ F3 s+ i) F5 d, D! G' y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
! h, u3 K5 l4 v) G5 PWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& z. W- m* r3 P  I3 D4 J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?
+ _6 T0 V2 r& K( `  _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？