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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; I- r, ?5 A: z* ?4 U, N4 ]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。
+ Z: S1 h3 Y* Q7 O; F0 IHave you ever done that?
; [" u9 u8 u/ E2 X% Y& C) d你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 l- l+ S, r/ b' r! o7 DI'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。
) E% Y0 I$ i: F, |3 X9 @: fI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
7 W* y4 B9 z' O  h# {: S: S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 L& r, Q+ e0 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。
6 D2 |* y7 w6 ~8 Q; W9 |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。
9 I5 K( F9 p0 c$ y9 VThat's a memory problem.
/ G% {. O+ B. A. W7 H+ V6 z这是一个记忆问题。
: t9 v% q7 u4 J2 II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 v! R. a$ b1 h9 hBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, ?% l4 X6 O  b- _1 i3 D' Y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？
0 a5 p3 J: T6 |4 A$ R! v3 [At one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ s0 x. H2 @4 H. {9 k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 Y$ |2 t; [. t- [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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
, l  R5 ]6 h# q7 Z3 N# r. C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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- _1 Y; M% l. h2 g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.
) S. M% g. k; M, C0 k9 c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。
* s2 T9 \! ^/ AOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ }+ M( g0 J% J1 F! M2 M$ ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; T+ A0 H( h% s" `; tWe 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.
, h4 r7 @: a) |7 \  M2 x2 N我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, u; d  |. @, W, KThere'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.
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.
- ?# T+ x; N8 |1 \  D0 P: h谈论下面的话题：
' X  U; ^! L4 h2 p9 SIs 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？
0 H2 N/ z/ r# z/ J) G7 qDid 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?
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？
3 ^9 V  N2 p$ K# X6 O1 A- W/ E1 n$ rDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 B4 u! z  k% n. P, o. D+ r  {* t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
/ s) u; `' C) y' L' Z" sWhat 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?
* p  ~% C2 u* r& o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？