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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8 v; H. I! E! DSometimes 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。
1 S2 L' x* @) v. v- F5 H# wHave you ever done that?
2 ^* A- M, \: L) G你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 [% y; c1 K* ]4 j; p! R$ _; s4 _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ p, t9 y$ x. w% _2 C+ iI 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。
, F: k0 v) ~) w$ A2 w7 kAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
! F, Y1 R: \& P, [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。
% \- L* ]: b$ T9 DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 Y2 |2 {. }% O. b9 s6 p) _! W3 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.
# U: s' L) E1 ^# ?6 d) F7 P这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
1 j$ j4 s, u: b( H我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 m) R* B6 w0 Z; I' \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。
- L2 _( f! U- x7 B5 {8 @* }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。
' ?: N4 T6 `) Z$ y. L- mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- `9 {7 z& X+ U7 l& c' \总是可以问问自己为什么。
! p$ @" O# j$ _5 ^" DWhy did I start to learn a language?
' o4 `3 D* P" U. Z5 g2 \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
) h1 e5 R& e9 O0 a& }0 s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) @" T+ @: r% D6 i7 P* r6 U& d$ u# ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
& v% u9 X8 R+ {5 d- m) q5 v" f* {为什么我要结婚？
! F" `# b0 ~9 t7 A5 s  h/ vIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 j! B: Q8 a5 L. J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。
" Y9 O% S2 o- a! K* S& D% UI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- ^% h8 K) R/ q& g* j- \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.
5 z+ l: t" b1 c2 Y' u% z( V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. V# b) @$ H% D# _. b, qWe 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.
+ z6 b9 Y; A# g1 c& E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.
) Q9 w. k  I2 Z4 Q$ K" g问为什么没什么问题。
) `, `* n) \# aIn 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。
: P0 n4 ~- a, j  ]Talk about it.
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？
  Z, p' o: H  w  G, u8 zIs it a kind of distant memory?
- f" k& D% a7 x+ A. \8 y它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 J9 B2 O# |0 W/ J* }你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# B3 l0 f( m6 z( o你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ F6 }' \( h' D! ~% V! S3 bDo you write memos?
' ~9 ~! o6 g+ {. h( Z: `你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; u8 n$ S/ q, V' H. D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ |) u6 i3 O6 K  rWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 Y  x' o: h9 K1 V6 IWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 [/ n+ `3 x+ D3 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？