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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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。
Have you ever done that?
/ S# Z% F- {) J3 ]5 A1 [你曾有过这种经历吗？
' {& v0 ^2 P/ s$ S" {, d" D4 VI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- E- Q: T+ D! {0 V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.
  u8 T" R% R+ B5 F6 L我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
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 `4 }* P3 W) d! i% q- e6 nI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 ^1 T3 O2 }) [! u; fBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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  h# P2 J2 V9 C0 L* w3 tAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
: O' ~" q; G4 I  I5 [4 _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.
+ o9 f- ?% m/ B. |对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 p- G5 g' a6 ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 ^! S* @" Q$ g8 qWhy did I start to learn a language?
& @' a$ e3 N8 Q6 Q4 K5 c  E! Q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？
' D. i" L4 l& {# S" w5 `- DWhy my friend was this person?
+ u) G, t) g. z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, A4 k0 d8 Z3 k- c8 t8 ]  v7 {" N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.
$ s# V* |& n2 F8 W5 m9 r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。
4 U4 d& o. T* G/ k: @I 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。
& E/ j4 j+ Z" o6 w: JWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 f" Z6 i2 i! f0 uWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& {, c. F0 W. f# g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.
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.
" x4 j' a, E: a7 K; l* q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" q1 G' [+ {) D% sTalk about it.
& w) ?6 L& }* z0 ~/ g6 g. ^3 g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？
( R! g9 a, i, m" bIs it a kind of distant memory?
3 v$ ]& r; o. I& k它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ D  G$ s: e5 V5 L/ LDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 [3 k# k, W0 J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) ], {$ K- i) y$ j1 p7 W- a5 mDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* `( E' E. R6 \0 c& [- P' ?: |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？
9 G5 y2 |/ @8 k7 d0 [& w. H, o- r! AWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ J- |& E! A$ P还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. G/ V8 W9 x! \8 n" D4 `) D6 ?What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 C- V* B) h% B1 Q9 a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？