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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! S" g% C+ E2 k/ E: N: t6 R; M% c, O记住我们为什么做某事
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。
+ N: y0 W4 o7 v0 ZHave you ever done that?
. f& Y" w0 U  T' ]你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ C) R: Q1 R) o) f' rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 H" |. I/ n. [9 K% f: Z0 Y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
8 D1 V# X/ D( w& y0 ZI 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。
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。
5 x; a+ }0 ]4 e& KWell, 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。
! N* B* Y3 X. Y6 N8 J) a1 eThat's a memory problem.
; k# x$ J$ o6 N( R4 q5 Y2 ^这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. K) |3 r$ i$ c& ?# n3 y& u9 W我想那很重要。
; b6 V& Y% g+ n2 A! E) s- GBut 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？
0 C& l; h* F' Z0 C$ W$ mAt 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。
+ m0 L- M: a+ z4 P* A) }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?
% A7 s' o9 E4 W0 j, C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ a  [6 x" G6 E0 [4 V! H( bWhy did I join this club?
+ Y" ]9 f' X+ P, X为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
: H. B9 @/ b: V; O& O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
0 q8 M6 A8 F" I% A5 L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) Q- V4 o. D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.
/ d7 X6 x) }! c: y' v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" [  H/ V  E9 a6 }- P4 WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( ]! b9 y5 x* p' ]. tWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ R. N3 r% I: T9 }3 V, W& ^我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: w& m5 q9 A# h* b7 EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- l% L3 ]3 R3 F: F+ g, x问为什么没什么问题。
! F/ F. p8 K" g- W. D3 b1 hIn 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.
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1 ~' c0 _. h5 b3 aIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 T8 P4 W; l  I5 X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?
- l5 A& r# B" H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……
8 f) R3 V2 O) f6 FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" e. p0 D$ l( J" l* H6 T' b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 l0 p5 u9 j  O- [. X- pDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: t+ J  K7 `$ y# w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?
1 ^+ s' T/ l: B3 Y% @9 ~' h还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# j& v  j2 e: c6 S1 e7 Q# EWhat 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？