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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) O& U5 q, y" VHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 t6 _6 w4 p* K& d4 |9 |' uI'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。
2 N, X$ j+ a6 C6 g; h) e8 aI 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。
$ C8 U8 _0 {2 v, B8 T0 u0 VAnd 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: Y% Q& @5 g9 E# A6 E8 P) `I guess that counts too.
& u8 m3 D, N# N/ R% P我想那很重要。
+ ?. q+ L2 M% `4 BBut 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.
! m% ~, e  B( C1 ^% n0 f# \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。
* i5 i, [5 T0 l& t" kIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 u; e  g! h3 [. {0 WWhy did I start to learn a language?
! [* g9 S; @* E3 w3 ?0 l: O: W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
. L1 V. @6 L( x2 e6 }- c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; j+ f, w( Z6 h" rWhy my friend was this person?
- V; X' {6 W3 s& ]( _# E9 T1 o; b为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
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.
& j+ y7 E* w* i( o( Y% P* c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.
! n4 H2 P0 x0 t& p. E. y- V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; s: H8 o1 {6 ~/ Z) j* B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ k9 Y) E1 {2 hWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* A! m. {5 e! x& P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.
问为什么没什么问题。
5 E# n1 J7 n+ ]2 |& a/ A" _0 {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。
# R' l6 y6 ~6 n4 [Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
& ^+ \3 m' n) m3 uIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 |. q0 E$ H' x* i" H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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! Q8 M* `1 E! _/ @- ]9 A: G2 FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 @2 q5 `* X" N, g6 \4 jHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; ?3 u2 P( N( T* @. P/ t5 e  UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
5 A$ ?  U- U) a. B0 u7 y, \Does 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?
" t: y* M. [$ `! Z9 T9 j还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
, o! |' }$ W* x! q" s$ i1 k+ vWhat 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？