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
5 H) P" i% F$ h, u% V! q0 D$ KSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 u3 R- R( j, G) Z( |4 ?4 x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.
/ z7 V) V0 j( X# s6 j5 Q  R2 O) l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 P1 V5 w9 r! ^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。
3 j2 C; F. p+ C9 r, ]Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 u4 t, l9 E) T) ?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, S4 L* x' Z/ r* S4 O) O& r这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 H5 c, l0 t1 m* ?& [& RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 ~; ~+ l* m* H$ v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？
! V! f# v1 T9 J$ t/ [9 kAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
4 g% S* a1 P( F: y0 t0 B在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! s% s& ~  a+ c, U0 Z$ B' VFor 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.
9 @1 @0 y& N' G( w; E" l& m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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. C7 J2 ^" C$ v  dWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 c2 R5 ?7 g. M7 X$ ^# t4 ]If 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。
, j1 i" ^# D' KI think we need indeed remind us of why.
. N/ Q7 \& ^6 |/ v2 L5 v$ g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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
+ o2 Q5 \# c) D4 k& `6 ^& P# _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. |$ ^8 E3 H8 Q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.
- ~0 s  L7 a) C5 r# u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。
Talk about it.
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4 a2 x# x1 d0 d8 YIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
5 d6 [# a1 c! P; L/ K7 \. r' C1 e它是一种遥远的记忆？
: B! Y6 [) Y! b7 Y9 i1 E9 X8 XDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* g+ e! F% m# U5 I" H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 I- Y9 `  x* a( P* ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ K" \0 S& Y3 ]# A! A你写备忘录吗？
. V0 L1 s/ d2 j2 d+ @" n" s: [; gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# `! Z7 f+ l' t% a" N! D. j% h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?
. v$ o' n8 c, L; R还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ H# v3 G8 x2 f! Y+ SWhat 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？