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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* X: d4 g0 D( ^" O+ E) R记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 a/ E& T. c) ^" z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( B7 ?* W6 j3 v+ Q% A0 N% e5 x2 A+ H- mHave 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.
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.
$ y- U& Q+ c4 q9 n. J- 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。
+ q' ?: H+ ]9 B6 L# MWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 L5 |3 a. B# Q5 q7 f' `! {哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ W' }+ y, |" \( H! qThat's a memory problem.
; ~, T" t& W1 t9 M% k# H这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- _5 z8 w9 S' e' I( N. e4 NBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  R+ ~( U' t0 Q, [& K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？
) m; w' N; Y9 j3 B) rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
& y' [8 h- o) \5 z9 }! @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。
* s8 L7 S) ]! y: H0 ^8 ^- JIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 j! o* U6 ]+ F9 h5 M7 Y% \总是可以问问自己为什么。
* y- Y) R# U3 ~; x: e: VWhy 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？
Why my friend was this person?
! k  O; K0 n$ G. z- ?; j为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- A- R3 [; X0 Q+ }$ z$ I5 ?/ g4 E  j为什么我要结婚？
5 x7 n3 e5 A- Z$ h8 F1 [: ?7 UIf 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。
; K3 D. `  @9 l* y( PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 T4 K' Q. y1 T, sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
( k, t$ D9 @0 ]- ?+ C+ ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
, a# ]9 Z+ w, j, b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。
6 z. \7 R  f+ I+ YThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
% B& ?; Q; o. k9 _4 Y问为什么没什么问题。
5 s0 Z: T0 Z! D1 H6 FIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. J" k5 f& ]5 A1 C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。
# W2 ]7 `' s4 Z6 {( o0 j1 MTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 O# a, R) ^' L8 {+ N' T! }% F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？
( q% z: t$ {% ~/ g- q2 ]' n9 a; G- MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# J4 g$ j( p! f- K, D0 T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 o, I+ J' n% O6 e" RHow 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?
+ f" b. c& x4 r; B你写备忘录吗？
) ~+ Y6 Q3 V8 S% VDoes 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?
/ V% [* n, O/ o/ a; Y7 U还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 T! h, O) ^) d% C* B# N. W, sWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 {+ L% B8 k0 @& s6 a4 f你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？