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 O% O$ [  \4 h' ^  X$ H7 Z: A6 d2 ASometimes 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。
Have 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.
8 Q9 y) p0 |, k* x5 H5 W2 v我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
, N+ \% ^% h3 ?: L7 ^4 x  {I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' ~8 o$ l1 E0 z% v我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 N' {8 A4 a4 L& d+ a/ lAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 f, c! w0 a6 p2 a- H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.
0 K, t! I! H2 C  i) t6 q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
7 Y# {8 w4 J8 |" E这是一个记忆问题。
" X, T0 q3 R. ?" C2 Z7 ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
/ ]2 ^8 {% Y4 E. a. IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ V2 ]" L* h$ ~' @9 k1 f- ~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？
. P% J! i- }- e- t$ GAt 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。
! r" z# M, n4 q, F1 k- hFor 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?
8 K; p4 N9 G# \8 {+ ]( h. x( K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 a6 u0 S2 z( uWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  t  v- t' i) M: I- [Why my friend was this person?
! G: y% J5 e6 d/ ]1 m1 |为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ p  Z! k6 `; A* _" _# ]' z# E* [  K+ [/ aWhy did I get married?
9 w- k3 _& U' S2 r& p+ _; p2 y; O为什么我要结婚？
" Q, |# G' g; B1 jIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
$ }0 G6 q+ @: c5 \& D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# i$ M) r& G9 n. x7 h: a; k, P9 r我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 y% j& i5 a' u* N问为什么没什么问题。
! `1 A  k& ]1 ?4 SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! j5 J# y7 s- o/ w* v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。
& q' u" q& A0 {8 {: H9 @6 jTalk about it.
7 e2 \5 W3 z3 Z2 D+ @* M- G谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) W0 a6 _0 s" W* M你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* L; {0 e5 R$ D% M- rIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# v) Q2 F/ v5 b; k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 ]/ C/ [! _5 {' P9 e" CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 ?! e  ?% i% G# a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  j& o" D+ w4 u' y  W) ZDo you write memos?
2 t& w) q! A" Q. v$ Z" y6 a% V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？
" i! ^9 V! Q' d5 WWhat 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？
" b' q+ U$ z) YWhat 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？