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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3 p" O  _: W) |6 Q& p记住我们为什么做某事
+ I8 c0 \' C* D/ M' ?  cSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ H+ P0 h, G( X) }' a3 f5 h$ b3 U& G3 C有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* Y* z0 _5 K. k" e+ EHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
" b/ w7 Q9 y7 H0 ], h9 TI'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 have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 {( D2 n, {5 S1 u' ]0 C% h- R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。
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。
That's a memory problem.
5 V; O* V8 e: [, \& I9 b6 Q" j这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. v$ o6 [3 @- D1 N7 g- C$ C" A4 i' \我想那很重要。
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？
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。
& r0 E- E# u& T2 M$ f2 nFor 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.
7 Q* A2 y) Z4 b) x3 D5 T& H总是可以问问自己为什么。
' e3 h, U, E6 }Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& c) J# p8 q9 i8 eWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% f7 @5 X8 q& q3 J  u& c  T为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% j$ U5 d" p! W+ x# f  p! W  \, JWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
  d6 @5 n, N/ P! Y- o2 OIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 D# `) N) {& k: t" w  S( z8 b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.
4 k/ q, c+ A: L# E% y6 H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.
* i) Q0 O: R# S, W  T9 q- X  g4 H" o否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ l, c* i$ b- aWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 T) {) m# {3 ]1 l3 YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" k! S9 n! @% u我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
  D' W3 F! q, n8 T9 ]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。
9 I4 X. @. D$ v- Y5 MTalk about it.
) \) J/ ^4 i' ^5 {) U5 b. K谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& Q5 F2 S, d$ y% A你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
+ S6 u* g* N& u+ O- ~5 QIs it a kind of distant memory?
! m) w! `3 }' o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……
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?
# X% B9 o# l) F; r) I+ c! t- f你写备忘录吗？
4 l7 N& l$ Y, zDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( y. T7 V) s7 d& U2 _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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( @9 U& b, _! J$ C/ _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 H8 e! {3 T0 d' |& E, C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？