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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
; t6 h5 X8 ?* z* h# @4 j  W你曾有过这种经历吗？
# v) x: P0 J1 a% R. Y9 j2 CI'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.
/ J1 E: j) d5 C: ^( P2 u% F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。
( A0 _& L# h  J/ X( e; b1 eWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  P% O; D# U6 C/ k& o- _哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 P$ e$ s1 w3 r* |That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. s' X' f4 m. W7 z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？
4 s! T( o# L4 d+ ]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。
4 U9 M3 L" C) ~: u. S0 J! j6 KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
# }9 J/ t) O9 h% B" F8 g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。
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为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( N# D& g+ b1 U# |0 g: dWhy did I join this club?
: \# J& N) J# k7 V& e2 A+ }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* x0 z+ l4 W1 f. O( U. MWhy my friend was this person?
) m. o! U" ?, O5 D为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 z2 V% ^! I. U) ^0 x# gWhy did I get married?
9 a0 H) k$ ?0 T  b1 A. z0 O! U0 W5 l为什么我要结婚？
) ]' h. g, @6 e$ L& I7 |If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* f) V" m! @. F8 L# d6 b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。
+ K0 u4 a. H+ dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 x, W* k+ [# @9 E: i我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( ?( `* g  W* u; p& HOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 l- |7 O, L" x1 y( t' g8 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% l/ w. h5 n# N) A0 O) Y8 jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
% N: C7 J) _& _3 A1 u6 gWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, ?8 Z! a/ z- M& H+ I( J9 J; V我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# B; k1 T3 f& z* `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 A5 X4 g: a2 X; _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.
( N9 K3 z% w" M+ t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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! M: j5 w/ |# L  f9 W' C2 q# QDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 M! Q6 D# X9 {  O* H. j- _2 SHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 W3 P4 O7 U$ K% M5 g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？
' d1 O  J0 _, T2 a& f" NWhat 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?
/ `* g" T7 U  D& Q. {: z% x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？