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。
% `' Y- b/ }( X) K9 dHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
) m8 v$ @% s- N) V" T+ RI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! }4 u8 Y+ W- g( B4 b+ J, z6 {0 P我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( m% W6 @9 h3 v8 I  u7 BI 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。
% m3 E3 t. q3 S" T1 U, z$ pAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 Q0 g+ s5 p' l& S- a  [) B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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
$ S/ o; [6 D2 }5 W$ p0 J% w这是一个记忆问题。
9 H1 ]; }, _8 j5 r. K  XI 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ ]8 `% }( ^: A( Q( I' Z- R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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
% [; T, O" r6 r  }总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
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？
5 }, _0 w+ \# ^+ E, p( gWhy my friend was this person?
% H) J1 g3 z3 v% Q8 e% ]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.
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.
+ ~0 D. g$ J% T! j我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 X  P, m. l3 x, @# C, hOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
# Y+ Q. J; i! {- u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! M& O) C! G% q& B4 S$ yWe 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.
  `  d# B/ y4 d7 X) |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.
# s# u: v3 L5 V6 v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.
' F( z" b* [8 \7 r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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# T- C% o. T; Q: w2 R- VIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* R7 Z9 U7 C4 m$ }你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ f$ A2 R/ L' J3 a: o- t0 |Is it a kind of distant memory?
- {: U/ W3 Z# H3 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 n* ~) \3 b+ E' h9 Y7 aDid 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?
, k, i4 J/ [4 w0 g+ b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. J' U0 N. |2 K" |% TDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* p: M5 n6 Z2 d2 N5 {" L) \0 ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ n0 ?6 u; k. T* G; e: [! Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. D" o8 w( b7 V  q7 E6 O& KWhat 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？
* u2 `% e! Z$ vWhat 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？