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.
: @; C3 c5 c; ?1 x9 y) Q* E有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' o5 _# {, r, x9 ]  m0 J. fHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& j+ e' F" l8 S0 vI'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 Q5 t/ P* y& F' fI 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。
) t; g  M* {% o8 B) s; EAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& u% I7 L7 S1 i: i* q0 x1 d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.
& T, |& d% Z2 ^" m  I( Y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?
/ e- {0 l6 c9 K; z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。
& P3 [( Y3 S% ^5 i1 M- LFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
5 N4 \) y( U1 y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ A; w; y5 m; X$ f7 S; g" AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
; O2 V( W. s/ Z" R2 Y& w  e4 u总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ b% v9 u9 x0 Y; b; d, ~" W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
% G  O! y  w4 Z- Q8 G8 U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？
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.
9 ]) o/ C  V6 Z8 S6 I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。
' f6 I' u7 M6 k4 u9 AOr 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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& L- s# K$ \$ ^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。
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.
3 b: `$ g) E" T谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% i3 ~* P% E! z& P0 _$ N5 Y# H& k# u" d你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
' `! s1 Z, O# k0 k& z$ k; vIs it a kind of distant memory?
# I! B' r$ S& N# u* @它是一种遥远的记忆？
) d9 s4 p: j6 m# g& Z7 Q- Q# lDid 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？
/ ^% w7 P( ?4 Y# f6 cDo you write memos?
1 u4 {* J0 K' `0 |+ C% B! a你写备忘录吗？
( D( f  L7 d! T. o4 ~& ~' |0 qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 n+ p  F' g: t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- D# C; X7 g4 P3 j4 R5 B8 F- uWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# W1 C* s/ u6 Z) @5 A( Q9 y2 R0 z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* G9 m3 W2 x8 N& mWhat 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？