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
$ L+ r, \5 e. J7 w2 a( FSometimes 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。
% H% r) C3 h1 {5 J& B& ]! EHave 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.
, Z  w5 v4 }  i  M7 F- k: n4 g0 F我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( u( o2 I) {' E. k; a) 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。
& u. G( S( m% C5 W. z% @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。
; j7 I7 S4 r* |* h" r( iWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
0 S$ T. _1 O* y  R2 G* y3 [哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
( i1 P7 F3 E* x- @, _That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 l, ]$ W  M+ l, o3 i+ j& ]7 C0 l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.
" I! W% r8 s& l7 A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.
1 o  C0 Y7 k: h! K5 p' O6 j总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" N" S% J. j  j, C# L为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: v; G4 w' o; ^1 t4 p( r为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ W; B: o! d' X( L8 P% ~Why my friend was this person?
0 w( h7 H+ s6 z, [- [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) ~1 }8 C& D0 ~* ZWhy 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。
  p1 `& Q7 ]9 m8 mI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ t$ |8 }( ]( q" b# D& I/ u我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 `( H8 k5 g/ F* fOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We 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.
$ C4 S9 f- A0 p: ?, s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
3 T  r6 P4 g# d2 MThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- L# I: G8 K' w4 r2 q5 lIn 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。
/ a7 N5 C7 q7 \  JTalk about it.
: K4 l0 @8 y; |7 B+ v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？
; \* n3 h! f) X' X) ]6 ]6 NIs it a kind of distant memory?
4 R- y3 [7 N8 e7 Y7 x( q* y它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 e, E7 E5 h: Z5 c4 M. P3 F' [How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 Y" K' ?) G9 X1 v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？
8 n0 C5 K- j+ F! r- e8 ?" bDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  n# J2 ]1 O3 u9 x% k" c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 M& Y4 f  r: F% M1 UWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, w  G* Y+ B: i: l% c9 T, F) q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？