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。
8 M; B# L, V' D/ B8 \# qHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. h) Q- X  J; [  A8 {; ^) f0 QI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 V3 q; w+ G( b' z9 e& h$ t) S: J6 k8 w我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
* I" e/ S5 C; ~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。
9 ^) a0 S. x# B1 ^6 E" gAnd 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。
+ b- S0 M+ H/ k& e* t; oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 @1 d5 h; T  ~% i9 K$ h( b, P哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
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？
% o4 `1 Y% r1 b+ C" QAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 j$ E1 R" b+ a% w: y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
. }2 g1 A) n+ r! K+ {( m8 p8 Q" eFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- |; \: _$ f7 o* O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。
8 P* z* ~' J$ x+ iWhy did I start to learn a language?
" Z7 p/ C6 r' U. D为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
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？
( K1 a6 s9 j4 l% }0 V4 i' @+ i+ mWhy 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.
' i0 _7 M* w/ g6 i+ a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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' m5 c/ W5 b# `9 u) l" OWe 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.
3 F2 D, }0 G7 P/ ~3 \; k( z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.
' k* S. B% j) _8 k% L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。
7 A* w& ]4 `: |2 ~4 z/ l7 ITalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
8 _. K5 y$ B, v4 oIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; g0 H; l5 r% I% r1 a$ [, ^4 g; W你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
- n$ E/ O% ^. z' ~! e. {Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ R0 V# A* g# s. V5 s8 C: G4 aDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
0 o# K: b( T  J# C你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 l1 r' H3 [, Q1 n+ g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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？