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
+ U  `7 `; R. z4 v9 qSometimes 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。
  V* T7 ~" Q7 `: @Have you ever done that?
1 S) r3 R9 `" C$ }+ L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。
1 b4 J& D  }& s% X4 X2 L1 j7 pI 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。
& h2 x& x  B$ X1 p& Z2 HAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 p* k) [& N6 z7 [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.
- E( K7 N) z1 b; t3 l7 J7 R9 t哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
/ F7 U- z9 Q# n9 z, p5 |这是一个记忆问题。
) @8 T$ x, c' A* P3 J6 x: XI guess that counts too.
" h6 r- |  A4 Q- f  G9 g% d我想那很重要。
1 y2 F' M# X: K+ |9 [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？
9 f/ R0 W. t: o! f7 C5 DAt 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。
$ p2 a- H3 F7 n/ B8 O  J' [- HIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* g+ f! ?, ?0 f% G1 P1 J7 Y# z总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 H" D. c" x2 b3 b8 ~7 D" ]& DWhy did I start to learn a language?
* \3 {# y( w3 [; P; ~& T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ \. p0 [1 [* ^2 f5 x' ^) P3 Q7 i* SWhy did I join this club?
( o- R% p! J) C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?
9 `) Q0 N/ T, W  C8 C/ r5 R为什么我要结婚？
- G# A% n$ n+ }. H" k, S2 iIf 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。
, x& }! y7 _$ Q! pI think we need indeed remind us of why.
. H& `) Y) B& m3 U) R1 W3 [! E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。
' |  ]5 ~. Q0 {& b1 M# _7 kWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 A' _3 U6 D& R8 M1 M: ZWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
  ~) M4 f* A: s6 B# K- X3 s6 tIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
' H! C: Q1 }' V/ j+ z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.
) |9 a! Q' r( r% N谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 f' O& ~( L  E/ r" Z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 O' {/ w/ F+ G1 ^2 k: f; fIs it a kind of distant memory?
# V4 Q0 w) R8 N1 o( q* b9 w它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 U# s" {9 v6 r0 Q1 ^7 ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 Z$ ~, U7 ]3 A+ |& G- CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 g7 s3 z; E  z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
* P4 \% r6 f+ b* N你写备忘录吗？
5 O) X& @( ]: t1 ?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？
& \1 \2 r8 D8 m; i, R" SWhat 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？
) V3 X( e. M! Q5 ~, i$ s8 e0 EWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ C: M/ d0 I9 s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？