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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
) R: {/ e7 H( @& Y- V有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; N9 E2 E1 u. P, r& S# v/ SHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) c2 l* ?5 v7 Y& C' ^我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( ^6 w# h' M* G4 p( d; I6 e' l# f& C' LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
  N8 x9 \' x! S9 o: L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.
; {+ M: L* Z2 i$ v! q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 j. j& H: v0 b1 l8 M  I! [哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
/ O" X9 @" i* ?- D  J- [$ p+ N+ V' c这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
* w2 e) Z; l2 }4 E4 JAt 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; L- @: l& ]' KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ l3 K0 t0 h+ q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
; {7 M) ]" W7 t4 d6 JWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 O4 i9 N: E! W  b% \, n, LWhy did I join this club?
/ s5 ^: a  m3 x9 y9 L7 `9 ?2 c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 ~/ v2 Y+ ^/ R: q0 S4 e  n5 r: RWhy my friend was this person?
  o! c4 f8 p1 f) d( {为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" [( V% h) E# |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。
8 Q6 ]3 \; `$ e. lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- A& D- R- Z! `. G$ i0 c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。
) ~- p7 _; b3 R. o! m" {, nWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 X0 z7 g" e, ?5 r我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' F0 ?; }2 \/ j$ x9 ]5 W& \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 \! u; n" F, f# E6 y5 h5 A问为什么没什么问题。
, w- h/ E1 Q# l% a. b$ E  q/ f; MIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: y3 U4 A: t! [) @- ?, Z, b( n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。
1 P* \8 T1 i+ m% r, `6 g2 ATalk about it.
6 u1 m6 i' L9 |. Z9 R# d谈论下面的话题：
; S/ p1 O# V& ^5 J/ k5 ^Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' `& m1 E2 m) E你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( D& V2 N% c. V; d' E& ?" K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？
+ Y2 u: G: w( i) w' P9 kDo you write memos?
$ h/ M8 J" B/ y* B你写备忘录吗？
: P5 J* D4 U3 E: d, X/ ]- s. 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？
: u; w0 w8 d2 j& K- l% i( A% ^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？
What 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？