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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- p% L* z% i) B, c4 h! H! \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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
% d" q. T; F! g* cI'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。
. T& A& F& `8 \1 J  B/ DI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 }8 M4 f) `. {1 [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And 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。
. t% G' \( h( SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ b) \# Y! K" Q9 l2 dI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, h9 s6 k( W: f" x5 jBut 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？
# ^! K% ^0 _+ s% }# g7 r9 rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 \+ L: w3 \+ _! j& t% l( U: h' W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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 K9 X' z* Q5 n$ K" X( [# ]( r: h总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
4 |" e! k2 _- l. P9 A! {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 O4 U/ Q" g7 uWhy did I join this club?
. k$ w  g$ g: y( i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 |! ~& M2 m# y9 V$ D1 L, G  wWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
/ F, x9 M4 ^% T4 q  r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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ h' l' s0 v% k& GOr 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.
, b; }) [, ~! c% k! @我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ C: v  K, b* m0 s6 aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& i+ o4 W' E; g" V0 L8 w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.
& j8 K0 P% G) J: Y. l7 G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.
' f6 h3 k) [7 g9 Y% i9 @谈论下面的话题：
8 X5 r$ K& ]  k8 xIs 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？
! B5 A0 P0 R# o1 IIs it a kind of distant memory?
% q* B) g& @( o9 n( `/ r它是一种遥远的记忆？
. s# D$ U8 }4 z: U& I- XDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 f: D7 h/ h( T# m3 g# [8 Q1 NHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
$ G; C/ b/ m2 ?3 X! uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; [1 e4 j  j" 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？
5 C) B% I: h6 ?- b5 i; ~: JWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 @: S- Z/ S( R% E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?
1 j* q' f8 Z9 z+ j3 Y" _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？