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。
# o1 K* K! w$ M" p9 FHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 p' H. @& V, T- vI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 P# y2 G) L2 J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.
) M' ~1 f8 Y4 l, m, a! K* F+ [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.
3 l5 ?" ^' U6 l) P" x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。
" P) E8 e0 I: L7 L  T* t: FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
0 o0 V/ w/ W1 m* V4 G% a1 l( c+ ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
& _  K4 n, h/ e3 B, W6 q5 sThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 r5 Y* V0 S/ dBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
  z6 R# X: y: C5 u- @1 Q! m在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 K: h2 G, D1 F+ {7 YFor 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.
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？
2 d. [0 C9 z* l& PWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) T( ?0 Y0 T' \( L& @1 k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 I. Q6 p" |- O0 FWhy 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.
' E% C7 l) Y5 d# f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 e& M# H8 w0 _  z7 |% CI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; d; V) a2 {3 F1 _; ~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.
, G1 F% c$ p' u7 f8 d* S1 `0 W否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 E: `2 `  z' M. O1 y, wWe stop starting. We quit the club.
7 T  P8 Q9 [  j2 W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。
0 \( w& X$ v) d) B( iThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
0 x# K5 I: g  e9 B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.
) a* d$ B7 d- l/ ^& N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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
1 g0 @2 ]7 r+ ^" S2 R" A7 \Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 b& w4 p% k* l( ^. n$ k' Y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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" p4 a8 `* X# m- C1 ~/ z% x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？
Do you write memos?
/ e" h" K5 o; X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？
" x2 @, y, C6 R9 G  Y7 E' AWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- D: p3 i, ]% @8 b6 X- ?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?
4 A9 ~: x- J, o) H4 J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？