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
9 `  W  T; W; O8 N& tSometimes 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?
" m7 w. g$ `' F& d! N你曾有过这种经历吗？
( D7 e" D5 G1 S9 ]: K' R4 lI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( C$ X6 l* l# Y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.
6 B' Q0 l& E# U" A/ ^8 }# k! ?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。
" ?& T! ?4 F% }Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 ^" e; ~' A, x+ l0 ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) q0 I% k& N/ _: Z  a( `& x  P- _这是一个记忆问题。
7 U8 O8 ?/ B4 `! s; HI guess that counts too.
/ v  i. U7 I" Y& c" y! ]我想那很重要。
2 U+ U& {- Q. p4 f: E5 s" i$ vBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 O+ Q: w% i/ t0 e( u: t! [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？
' B2 t8 b, j, jAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* k3 p& H& U+ W: f5 A- Y/ W7 _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) q4 q6 X0 O9 |% o+ E7 JFor 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。
% N6 p( j7 b; EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 N& C% V+ O! d, zWhy did I start to learn a language?
% z3 l2 [/ V4 x& ~( f- z2 R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 A5 C2 `- E4 b/ ~Why 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？
Why did I get married?
7 C# ?! K  o9 L% d8 I2 {% V6 j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.
; m) B( R( ~; |, ^- E! s- i+ r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 t2 h8 e/ R3 K3 C& d. V  QI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 d/ i6 b" H. D; |. s3 t2 oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 ?8 b& @! {+ q' {  I2 E) z5 U否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% B( u" |# a. U& ~- ]$ c1 G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 m0 f/ B5 Z$ y( G  J( 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.
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7 m5 A3 C+ n6 O7 L8 @Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' c4 l5 J% K% `' i  F# A+ Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& |( a5 a( |0 C8 N' PIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
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？
Do you write memos?
$ Q' |+ l6 u2 T) W, {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  A, s6 B7 E! Z+ {" N. c$ p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？
1 q3 r, n$ G7 e3 L& t  i2 q) L4 kWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' A% e1 u; f7 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？