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
) O$ ^+ @! l5 z3 ]2 y1 ?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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ }$ v6 q* i8 j% A) n3 z# Z, q* D( q+ W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.
# i2 m3 I! G6 l7 V, t8 e  B5 K% t! E哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  }# V! }" N" f' p4 f这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
; q' v' P3 O& i3 j+ hBut 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？
! |* k+ u# ^/ O+ d$ pAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
& M5 M5 b- C# \  S5 m在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ a$ a! h- M+ F( A! y( j) B3 fFor 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。
* \7 P; t0 V+ O/ i$ e4 N0 DIt'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？
Why did I join this club?
1 O' d/ v& p, Z/ m; c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* U7 e8 r9 V9 O  EWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
+ W8 r: {7 X. E5 u" [& p( Z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。
6 b3 h4 E* t+ \0 S: V5 VI 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。
8 f. N9 i* P6 H/ W  {; \5 dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
问为什么没什么问题。
: o7 f0 m; V( c, ^) T6 X- z% ]In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# ^- a, y; H5 b* o& b" v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。
" \  ]+ S+ J1 T/ C. yTalk about it.
4 V' z& k$ z. e0 t1 I3 o" D4 {* B谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  E- C, I4 |* L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?
; w6 i: ]7 c4 s9 O% O& P9 U5 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
( ~1 {/ m* L5 G  P- ^Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: ]" l( t7 z- k) G5 {2 W你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) l; t/ F/ \& D5 H! T& sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ m# @7 J( E! Z: H你写备忘录吗？
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？
0 H" x3 n( j1 p5 X2 V# bWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- K  ^- I; U' \0 d- _3 S还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
* Y6 F4 ]( [# Y1 |0 Z! U你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？