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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- ]; z* q7 K1 t% ?3 v/ V2 _2 }: X记住我们为什么做某事
" b3 E' b* y* e( v' x; 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。
8 N: I/ t. Z. d9 s  KHave you ever done that?
! a$ {8 s) F( c+ L- r! ]你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ M( X, C% M+ `' ZI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ L4 l) R0 m( O7 p3 e) U+ F# r, C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
1 y. K- _4 g* r0 o1 [) [0 |I 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。
4 x% X2 ^& U6 X" I/ ^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.
+ U/ A3 ?2 v2 O# U哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
& [# T+ `# |( \, S# z7 W) Y3 u* PThat's a memory problem.
* t+ @" ~! X! _, C% E& }3 B这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 C" t+ i+ Q; S( |/ d, S我想那很重要。
6 Y4 N/ {  w, E, c/ YBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 S  F" s4 ?! A$ b  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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 G0 e6 v8 ?; V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
* w% i" k% F$ M. c, B总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 R! Y1 ~3 f3 C9 yWhy did I start to learn a language?
& x% [# q# g, o( I% ^$ ]+ H* Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( M0 P6 I7 e& @6 c! e2 OWhy 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？
5 p& \) O# w  Y7 }/ S$ PIf 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。
9 x5 q( H9 G; F  B" t, p1 VI think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 s$ a) [* B0 B* l" A1 ?我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' ]1 N& |8 r- N6 uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# n& M5 [2 a: @0 UWe 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.
; i& n9 d& i3 |6 V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.
2 b7 B: e% E$ Y! r9 b5 A0 ?问为什么没什么问题。
, V: _) s  |3 ?4 _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。
. r9 e  o8 b8 g0 TTalk about it.
) Y1 c4 d5 C3 U' }谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- a: h! {, J) A4 l8 S: P- e你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 R/ e9 F8 b& ^" v: tIs it a kind of distant memory?
2 B" d: k  n+ |$ Q- g它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 W" ~/ J. `" E5 `# \Did 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?
' D0 p% k- ^( D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?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' E1 l, c4 C8 k. y5 B! M, A! g  I4 tWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 ^. b0 v- J6 @4 ~0 F5 j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？