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
+ }$ j6 X  o8 F  R. ]; G2 w* iSometimes 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。
9 N8 @$ e3 j( `7 O7 I4 [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.
+ p8 W! V7 i$ B2 ]9 \我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 p4 |" C* Q$ }6 [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。
8 E0 M# `; ?( C7 K% ?% C2 W4 U4 _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" S4 N6 P/ B, `- A! R- Z- p/ l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.
; ~! V# g3 U1 j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。
3 M- O! G2 M# w) RI guess that counts too.
: n+ g- C' M- G2 [) c0 x我想那很重要。
) h$ A3 m2 A8 z" \2 j  XBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- m- d9 X+ F; w2 |* L) \( z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.
1 a. y7 B4 a# D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.
" P% H& X7 s9 H# J  C+ S1 Q8 E# ^: r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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 t- _' o& {& ^$ w1 U' MWhy did I join this club?
$ f" R4 ]4 }2 {2 n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？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ X$ ?  w' @" X8 @9 }4 _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。
8 l! O" M9 D3 y* YI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
  N  v8 B+ ]5 _9 Z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.
! V% S" ^& A! r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.
  w4 o5 X8 y3 J, ?: x+ W, o  r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。
$ I# g7 t" |3 R. A! ]( L% k1 z1 RTalk about it.
/ g( a; Y/ m* h0 d, C* a谈论下面的话题：
2 z, J3 G* U! n* y* h4 l7 V) G7 ]Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 x' ^+ p7 \( r; N" W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？
) o# a! g# k% Q% ^8 N) dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 h- _6 a. ?$ p+ Q+ T8 K1 y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 Y% k  A4 o9 u/ I你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ ?5 S- g: M" }, y8 p2 A6 R你写备忘录吗？
) e" _* `' e- K8 ^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？
! v; w" r. [- `5 l( Z( @* H" |2 RWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! x" H/ B8 Q! W6 F; Y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' g# `% P% I0 w! S0 iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ n$ N, ]4 F# Q2 G, N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？