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
. |3 q& e8 f- V' r/ d. e0 T: iSometimes 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?
5 A8 _1 Q' B) x& b: Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
% U/ [( }, T) i( S4 y7 hI'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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
7 P% P# ]/ m, L+ \+ u( Q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.
4 l: I3 r1 Q, V" n+ Y- L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.
0 U" O  M% l% v- K哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
* Y* r3 M6 p  z8 s( l1 ~3 X这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* P# |" w& {2 G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？
5 E# k( q. t0 t" uAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  r$ F  _- x* ?( s" b" [+ U' j; J& P: `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.
+ `( H; _+ X/ B' N* w对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ L$ q; ^% P. R" u  S2 f& oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
( t; \. f: {/ wWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 z4 C# S4 d+ B5 }* Z9 c1 `: f为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' G9 \* g8 i% Z' rWhy 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？
5 k- G- Y8 I& J4 V( f/ d! ZWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
) U) L. s1 w+ j5 I8 WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 i! F  t9 C  Y, t" D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。
$ e& D: Z. ^) p" v! S+ QI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ a( C0 m" U9 X: e; hOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 Y6 A6 D8 I* j/ }$ J9 M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 F3 e; A& P( L, P& P我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ D- j! ]) }- N4 @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( g0 F  `  z" h% ?我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 X) s; R; H9 bThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 ?& W  Q1 m( N# |8 Y* b. h, N2 ~问为什么没什么问题。
3 C2 p* c3 J/ [, aIn 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。
+ J1 {' B" V3 v+ G0 Y8 [3 R" WTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, d, T6 u0 w8 u  I- JIs 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？
- o$ J2 F& F3 `  Y' P# t) XIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 u6 i4 ?" z8 b) V( X它是一种遥远的记忆？
: A7 {/ s. N, w7 V: xDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) t( l) \$ m- H; u  W你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' a: H7 ]6 t* A2 H% }: k) x2 U# j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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* U: X5 q; p' J) N- h' t7 B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？
2 u. L6 D: r  i; p0 }7 V- oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' v- n, M; R0 h) a* i: Y; @0 a. Z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？