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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 H5 |/ z' Z1 P有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
6 [) v  Q) n% F# A& J$ u3 S- oHave you ever done that?
( l  O* S3 T3 b) q* Z1 Y+ q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.
# z# @5 {& ~/ d- @( `" K" d我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& F6 B0 n4 f7 [& d+ w* YAnd 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。
' h/ {5 _( x0 S- C2 Y: F3 |8 gWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, \- u. R. S$ F: |0 Q2 `哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 s7 N% y! e3 M  a# @这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
! }0 C) p& f9 z  B0 uAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
" a4 m3 }- l/ b  s4 w" _0 r在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
. v6 r& V" y' ~+ nFor 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。
0 d* z+ B4 M; h3 O$ ~( D9 lIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 b! k+ M, k7 E8 F/ sWhy did I start to learn a language?
& M' F- q" {; J. Z1 _为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% W8 r) l  n8 A' w+ T1 RWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 ^% j8 A" I. h0 p0 Y% Y: Y$ MWhy my friend was this person?
/ m% l6 }1 z" w0 s3 @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* A0 ^$ k- |4 p  D; ~0 kIf 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。
/ Q8 L( \* \! dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 w! g3 j# i1 ~; g: O我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 d8 a0 w) i& r* Z" |' kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# l0 W* e; z3 @' c" @8 }! j% uWe 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。
" D; m# R; O, i) b( ]5 ^/ oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
8 O% a2 ~" o4 ~* J  k- J  rIn 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。
Talk about it.
' ^  `/ P; _# N, b+ H+ Z8 B  `谈论下面的话题：
9 I  W1 M  ~; H% |- yIs 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？
- }0 t& G) @4 U% t. YIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 u. b: e. m  e8 E  L" ?' k% w+ nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# d9 r/ z& y% ~" J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& u4 t" J% o. y$ m4 u% uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 U8 `" `  M2 }8 P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
7 f/ J$ r3 n0 E你写备忘录吗？
7 Y/ j5 E" p7 R# uDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( g9 Y( s; f  H4 `8 g8 O+ x) w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？