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.
7 {" c) Y5 k: Y3 `7 F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
+ i6 f9 B7 u7 h$ e$ C' k9 t你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 \, R- y+ o9 p. ]# ^  eI'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。
, b: M6 {! c. r# eI 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。
8 t; X" g5 F8 h3 J/ v7 iAnd 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。
/ I# M" v$ j! y- RWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
4 R; s$ h7 }9 |" T0 A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
+ I; c- ?( {* G+ V" c2 II guess that counts too.
$ O) |8 X/ }( v8 q1 j6 T我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 r( d  ?* z9 I8 |+ Q% e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。
( i  p( P) m! X- F% D3 M* oFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
% }, L. I1 [5 @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
8 B" ~: `) v5 w. J/ r0 hIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
! D: f! `3 i* Q2 t) Z+ CWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 u  J3 ^" B9 C0 bWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 W! J/ k1 V6 ^- }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* ?% s0 o' p1 s1 v5 @/ oWhy did I get married?
" w$ G& r% o  y( u1 C* v  X6 G( }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。
0 S: C2 L9 {7 b5 y0 Q0 D4 iI 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.
  [5 `; v1 d6 n4 d9 m& s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 Z8 h% [) M; `+ o* c5 ~We 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.
3 q- g4 |/ N: t( ?我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 u5 b5 e( O& S* O" `( p* D9 NThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 W" U7 s0 ^5 @, S% ?3 J问为什么没什么问题。
' {! ^( G+ p9 q" V2 kIn 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。
" |" z$ h6 G1 V" MTalk about it.
* X& ]4 L6 f$ m5 N/ d$ x( F谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ C9 n. g% P/ {" `) u  }你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* A1 T6 x) h+ k  u6 `/ dIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 Q4 E0 T) @8 _你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  D/ R9 j! C# Y' Y2 @, x! Q) tDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& D" K" i$ q& J4 ~# |- W你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( V9 \7 A2 N) b$ _What 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？
3 D. e  D: v1 U: k1 [% `What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
2 P2 O1 G8 [' j" N: G+ U9 \$ b你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？