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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4 d" V; X$ m- U) |! O3 uSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
) J5 o: v1 u. `有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
6 m, P: p% x# \7 B- a1 HHave 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.
0 R2 Q5 A+ g4 m0 J: Q% c+ [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.
. f8 f" L+ D6 W8 d5 M- \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
& N$ N7 @+ V. t) p4 b; FThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
, j1 ^2 S0 [' k* n9 RI guess that counts too.
' s$ H7 Y' R$ i3 v- ~0 G我想那很重要。
But 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？
% I8 D( }0 s/ o( ~( L- x+ k* Q1 nAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
( J$ S! P6 H( l( }; s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.
2 F. i- s8 P5 P; z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 w* B( W- w8 g1 O3 d4 R( T, c总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
/ {5 Z& P9 ]9 W为什么我开始学习一种语言？
! ?+ x: E. i1 Y/ v* aWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
/ b' Q* a! f- \& s+ L# V; W5 ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 x7 u; ]$ {) M: h: dWhy did I get married?
" F' V3 A$ |1 Y5 H2 s为什么我要结婚？
2 s' Z% N. ^/ G& o+ [0 F8 F7 BIf 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。
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.
0 x) ^" H  T( i. e% w; I否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% B6 r6 c6 @% d4 s4 LWe stop starting. We quit the club.
) ^: t- ^  c5 m2 A( @! I8 W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 C  _3 y- K9 ?0 O; L8 p0 u8 z7 x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; ^% o$ S" d! Y. s0 ~$ |( i) WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
" V8 n: G" ^: @: S+ x9 T问为什么没什么问题。
( {- @8 _) T' I1 l, y, B" ~; J- xIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
' z, m9 x+ F  x) S  J: A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.
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9 ]) ?2 V8 N: c) a; NIs 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？
9 U+ ^& m, i1 g7 c  iIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 O' N# {; e# G8 b9 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 `5 w1 p6 R6 R0 e6 L! k7 JHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 @. Y- U3 ?) v  P& o# g9 W! c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* I" o8 a2 L7 f* z/ z) G$ s- X& ~Do you write memos?
* C5 j2 x& f; B6 D! z) i( U. P& d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？
9 ~5 c1 V' P2 F% L7 ?  aWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？