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
/ V0 I9 n' D* o/ Z! ]$ GSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. M. [4 g5 _4 o* P有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
: ^5 i! u0 \& I# uHave you ever done that?
5 u7 H% m) j) ~) r# P你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 x# P( ^6 d; XI'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。
0 `7 _. a4 _! C) w/ `I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' m5 C6 t4 i7 K1 w我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
" l6 r& F) m# `; e" HAnd 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.
! M+ R- f5 X  t6 l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 a5 D$ [( T& H8 \" z这是一个记忆问题。
$ A% J) e1 w( Q8 Z* f7 s  U! yI guess that counts too.
# h! ?5 O7 H) J我想那很重要。
2 E; Y) A+ u' L$ }6 Z: r& D. }But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! c. P/ m/ _$ W! }4 P  Y) Q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。
For 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.
+ |% v  U8 ~: a) c; {9 z, v0 z总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ Z; n: l6 O$ C! p2 S$ vWhy did I start to learn a language?
( r4 k- n$ N& T) q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ t' P7 {3 V- fWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- z) e1 K$ F( `( |- f: {8 n- TWhy 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.
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。
5 J6 F4 k7 C  I7 lI 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.
4 D. B0 \- r7 L$ T" u5 b否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- R% I, |$ H' S1 OWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 E) ^. @( m: c( pWe 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。
. c& B4 s' m4 S3 Y* `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
  I* F  k% B6 j; B! c% {( f问为什么没什么问题。
0 ^+ K, m$ T( l$ D6 [2 S1 eIn 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。
3 Y* B: }6 _5 u& g4 q" }' W( N! bTalk about it.
" N3 O. `, O3 [- ~+ z谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) H' Y1 v; H& A( b9 p2 V! z# Q3 g你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 V- @5 i  s4 OIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
) o6 ?7 P, }5 o+ O+ w2 |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?
& M3 T9 y8 U7 x! K' A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  h! J/ x, C4 k- U( WDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
  v# {( o" T" j9 G+ y3 vDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  o  G% w6 U9 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？
4 A9 {* ~  _- lWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 S% Z0 W- b8 I6 T- j还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 X  w3 U; r% i" `/ eWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ i& k; d) t+ e: T1 G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？