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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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?
: z- \8 L' q8 l  {" q! s$ V9 }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。
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。
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.
9 n7 [4 [" X8 Q1 ]8 R9 K: v2 @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 f( v( ]% `+ A4 K  `$ Y; |8 G$ x# ~That's a memory problem.
+ A! e$ E8 f9 o- G* a" S7 V! ]$ {这是一个记忆问题。
/ s( ~$ k8 R0 B8 U$ s5 ?I guess that counts too.
( k& I: {5 B$ }- a9 w9 W5 B6 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？
0 \: V* w$ p$ w& WAt 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。
; D  p: g$ G/ N, qFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 Q& I) P  z( `& v% b) r! W对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* g; M6 ^; Z7 I- D% dIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
, P7 \3 L, m0 |8 @+ J+ t! e总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 L" P! `( d8 ~* w  J' P. v% qWhy did I start to learn a language?
- B4 b5 a& B; z9 ^2 N2 X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 V2 J( {4 {+ {. n' F& @: v' l: d3 n8 zWhy did I join this club?
1 R2 S% c/ A) p: G/ ~) n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% B6 j4 `$ C6 s6 C* R, WWhy my friend was this person?
: x, V, k8 d1 u* |+ \4 Q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.
( d% O' T7 B: Q$ g0 t; l& L2 X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。
8 V$ j- u- D6 j9 z5 n) VI think we need indeed remind us of why.
2 m9 v. `9 [* \% @5 a7 e( w3 V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。
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.
, ?5 S' v" H: o* r) \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.
/ E+ F5 o3 V" e3 s* F问为什么没什么问题。
/ ^! }" A# s; tIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 {& Y5 \, W& g! D/ b1 l6 w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。
! |* p2 Y( r2 u; M( {Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# |/ X5 J7 d) V1 E你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 ]3 a% n% _: o& w& A" EIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
( l% I, T' A& s8 |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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- t3 C* S& U" V6 Z4 C! tDo you write memos?
7 e6 D$ Q. x) K  U3 n你写备忘录吗？
. l1 N  T! S0 pDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 d3 [# _. ]: _8 ~6 I3 s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 C1 `8 v7 r) f2 J( [4 EWhat 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？