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
3 K  U$ O% Z9 y1 `5 ISometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, k1 v1 G. [! z3 X0 Z. B有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, f; T$ C) B* L: c5 A4 d8 @你曾有过这种经历吗？
! W/ y' R+ {; II'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& |# Q. }% d( z5 [9 V# S. B% T我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I 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。
9 s& s' u- z5 f& G7 lAnd 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
! B$ }/ T9 B1 h6 S哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  U& p2 s4 }  a, f  ?4 Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" m# a5 n8 h8 e我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, ^; v8 l4 S' @- H/ l; c9 u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 w. ^* o9 F  Y: c# B. uAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 x% x- M6 x& J5 ?8 S" q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.
. ]" s' H2 f- A5 f2 s0 q. o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
: C4 E2 g. T/ T  w) i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?
. |3 O; h) ^5 k( U; ]8 ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; q1 J: j7 R# q# w1 e$ j/ j3 _Why my friend was this person?
' Y( X* J+ z4 F% J8 E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 O7 s6 B0 x$ G$ v3 eWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
( d) b: {1 h6 @If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ ^9 K& i+ C7 t3 Q7 z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。
5 j# s/ ~, E+ [# l7 G% ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  m( k8 A' @# c5 i5 y4 N! OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 c- d" O9 G+ O& j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。
. M7 @$ a  Z# T( C" }We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ A# v5 S( I% h% b+ w8 b我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) _7 c7 |: m+ s3 ]4 G9 \! jThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ c4 K# P: I6 }, m' u* t9 EIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: h1 _& s, B; W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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' k# G$ J% c! sIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 \  B$ u3 z% v  S$ d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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' b6 B. L& c* O4 f* v. p+ Q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% P/ l1 t! _" G( GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  W; m- J' r# Z! f- ^# |. a5 pDo you write memos?
0 n- |5 q- T# R' z8 u/ }9 D6 E1 {3 l你写备忘录吗？
6 h( h4 J% a( b6 p7 W; e8 KDoes 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？
  F$ l  j0 j: D5 D9 K8 qWhat 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？