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
7 `+ g) e9 V/ W" \2 e+ }% A" f) WSometimes 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?
2 b8 q6 u! }2 C6 q" u3 H7 S) ~* w你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# U& e  P, b( f8 _8 s7 Y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% Y. N. G7 E7 I$ _' \I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 l6 @" O4 o. m$ H: T" A4 ~' B我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 _  T  q; F$ M& f' K4 e" QAnd 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。
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。
7 u0 w. m* k# Q. ZThat's a memory problem.
# k7 t# u  e0 z( m2 D1 F! Y这是一个记忆问题。
1 ^8 i: Z0 M( ^  |I guess that counts too.
0 D) T; ^% ?, `4 `2 _. [/ r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 K2 G2 V' z* M  f- WAt 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。
1 `  [- u1 B# o- F9 pFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 ^( l7 {8 H2 N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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
6 g& I" N% M. z+ F: r$ I2 Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 U4 s: |) H6 N: P  [  BWhy 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?
2 z: E$ ^0 V9 o为什么我要结婚？
. V5 H) j' ]9 KIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) c( U, a# D2 {) }% |( z; V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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
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We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* D& {" `0 I- b8 FWe 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.
% k/ K7 ~6 l1 M, D& }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.
9 A, W' q6 q8 P* o1 G: g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：
" v5 n$ c3 o9 d$ T( PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; B; H4 T2 [' y6 Z9 }  u  {  ]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...
2 ]1 [- i0 p! @0 D1 p, [  y/ G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% b3 b2 _4 R1 W. f7 W% S! WHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ H3 \3 l9 J- f! i7 \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! n% S+ B- [8 L& t" P5 f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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 |. [5 J8 e6 y1 X* D0 G还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' n& T' n& C( i7 w4 X# J7 NWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) o1 B: X' g9 R) U4 U8 H5 M5 Z5 z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？