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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 d9 b- r( h% b' |2 c$ HHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
, K; k5 ?! j0 Z( J" ^5 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。
! i* C+ f; G9 F4 cI 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。
* c0 M+ N8 R8 S$ L1 C/ s# oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: q4 I4 u5 d. [7 V( q7 q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* P" \  c# N. c& u; OThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
! x8 ~2 e+ K. ~9 l: R# TI guess that counts too.
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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？
1 j. F& F( L7 [8 i! ]At 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。
! j9 ?4 F, N; @2 M* A: N9 YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ E  \, ?$ H9 h5 Z' g  x对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 |. ~% T- B: s* b2 T5 k总是可以问问自己为什么。
. Z) m0 x' G& D. X1 M0 Z. O- HWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ c" L1 y( \0 FWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
9 d# H+ A  |+ }$ C% ^) j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.
3 y4 Q5 u7 n. C8 H: Y/ k) P我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
3 a5 c% e! W( I7 U. cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
: X# G( g: c+ \; ~5 \4 Z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
5 T" k( L8 |6 S7 x* Y+ U) T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- l: z0 D/ o. [1 g: B$ v( O% u# Y! tWe 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。
1 \/ D1 e! m6 d1 d  SThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
3 b- p4 M# C7 k' J3 b: |In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
( L0 u& Z; q. R/ V( j6 ]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。
& A" V% O3 v, Q9 s# t/ u  A& mTalk about it.
! |5 h: s: C( k9 \8 L9 H: r  L, X7 \谈论下面的话题：
" C( T8 a3 n( A' k6 VIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
9 D. Z/ q/ T) y9 ?5 D你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
9 }" g& s5 x5 B5 oIs it a kind of distant memory?
  d" d$ ^( r2 m* `/ a( n它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( k% W' [2 E& A( d* B* V8 n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, j3 N# I; q6 u) V( P. UHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 a: N: M) p  z# D8 B$ I% z5 e; Y0 a+ [- @你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
( _& m# i7 U. l& X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?
0 O: Y! p9 \) L- t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？