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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5 O/ A, f" z5 \. E) _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。
! O1 p1 O; ?+ L) k, k7 [9 pHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 \9 E5 t7 o1 \% r8 ?+ GI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 H5 Q) c5 p1 L2 u0 qAnd 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。
  ], r( N/ e( R: j2 i7 a+ _2 WWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 P! j6 W  n4 L& `+ I8 o0 y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
9 o) g/ K: ]' V" WI guess that counts too.
0 p0 B# g- D+ A. |1 B% Y我想那很重要。
6 X1 Z- D5 f6 {0 nBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 {- ?- l4 F, ~5 N7 ?7 i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？
) H8 F4 o. Y: e& M2 _4 ]/ v1 I- KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  D: ]4 {( e$ O' G7 F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ h% i! p& y/ O) ~* vFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& F' C# N, k6 q2 ]' P- L8 E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 L9 [/ G( U/ K- G7 _# }为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' D* `- T1 v& F$ B& B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
3 h3 {& m; S( B+ Q6 B& O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; C; }0 u5 ^! hWhy did I get married?
. m% i& Y* r7 i& f' i. v* F+ z9 `为什么我要结婚？
/ H" d* S/ n" S) i0 Z/ S% AIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 Y, Z/ u3 [( T4 [4 E/ t4 l0 ?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。
( W3 Q) l4 j7 A% UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% Y* g9 e. ]" h8 l* |- k) C$ H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。
, u" z0 L2 a, z8 k, yWe 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。
. b8 Z8 r& B* d+ F6 F" v- Q1 gThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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。
" r, y/ p" B. A. i! b! Z/ `) ~& nTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 V* n5 E9 i) \, m+ mIs it a kind of distant memory?
! u# P$ Q" m( ^2 w5 c8 k它是一种遥远的记忆？
( |& T( L9 w3 [) E9 A/ K- |Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# P# o5 ^+ M( o- S& q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 i9 i# B1 I# ?' l你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 l" w; o% ~) x; mDo you write memos?
& f( }, R1 a9 ^  ?$ ?0 Y) ?) m& e" B你写备忘录吗？
  H  ?! V% v( }+ ZDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' T/ ~0 }: Y% \" C3 {8 g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! }3 E( C- s! k. qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 I- f% g) s+ G2 O9 P; `; x还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! s" m% z1 Z6 c1 n  xWhat 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？