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.
' `  ?2 Y5 C) x; a  g  N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have 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。
* u' w2 v: V" }5 r! {6 oI 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。
8 n) [7 T0 H* _9 O1 w6 V, N% P$ NAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 Y& y6 ?# B  p3 A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.
1 ]( E- T/ T, c- S! z$ D8 E% a" \5 Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
" f* z& K) j( ~' v; a& vThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' S0 A- w  _9 z* Z. rI 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？
/ L1 q/ q# ?& Y) W0 e) A- CAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 {1 m4 _5 w- h! K' v) I; W( D/ f在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& F4 {# C5 `6 q9 L/ I1 D2 g7 O, ZFor 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.
  H3 d# W) f7 b$ u( K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?
% T5 B! @; r$ [+ z& C0 K2 E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 ^: N; ]+ L% g' X为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 h! W! Q5 c: s/ M  `Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& F" u/ _* o4 `+ F) R( E4 T/ e7 SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; d( S* ^, ]# w- F6 f. ~) N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.
- F8 t; w! e. F! e% ^; K否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! C8 Z; b+ d  r3 f4 b/ EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# c1 ^0 g8 s' R" `9 ^4 @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 G6 L3 z# y# w' `5 ~7 F  N: @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.
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.
  [5 _2 _* @5 y- b  g  {" [- J* }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.
9 x# h# T# ~, D( y  G2 \* O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？
  a' e! f. E( Y6 F4 w5 d4 p0 ^3 s  r- eIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
3 S; s: z, H. @3 n, b6 @Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# P% W+ l4 ^8 U) w7 c) {3 AHow 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?
: d, a5 k2 a# u9 `. F你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 \. Z& _8 W" O  O" 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？
9 w8 _9 E1 F9 l) P+ a) D/ tWhat 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？