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
2 B- V  y7 Q9 z: y' nSometimes 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。
0 M+ z7 \/ H) ]$ CHave you ever done that?
+ j  t+ r) D/ N% a* @$ v% _- |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.
/ w+ P9 M: y$ p; Q$ h1 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  h) P: `5 |3 X8 V6 lThat's a memory problem.
9 m7 m; M$ j0 v$ H这是一个记忆问题。
8 ?# Y$ D% G2 I5 h. n7 R" ]" aI guess that counts too.
3 R$ h, U9 B. {/ L我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; E& i- Y; [; t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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, W, c4 r" {. b6 _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。
1 D2 n4 L. X5 f6 w, r& n5 R* A# J+ HWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' j  z4 Z; t! T6 X1 j' e4 sWhy did I join this club?
1 w) `) U! K6 R0 n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ u2 ~: L+ ]0 h2 o8 U( D为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" O" o& ], r* m3 f$ FIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
3 W8 Z6 e$ A) c% ^0 F5 j* j+ T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。
! v) K; [- u" L9 m( rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 n3 d/ N/ U; O5 t+ q& n0 g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 o4 {+ N- Q5 V* F5 AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: u, a. q3 R+ r问为什么没什么问题。
: b5 }* P# E' s: ^In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
) S* Y# E7 e$ {4 F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。
# h" P7 H+ {4 f$ c" ?5 W5 H: e% zTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
9 E0 A. Q- i$ pIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# E- Q; p% C& k- h: Z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  |$ V$ |; p& r) m+ XIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ A9 m& T2 a/ O6 i, v3 d" t6 _0 `你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: C8 E) K: v( T& j2 X) dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 Y0 }8 ]3 l& L+ u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
& D$ ]* b$ s. C- O% L2 _你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- O# \. _" l. e; }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 N& ~8 I7 b+ G5 @  O/ QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' f" ?2 x7 |% E3 M2 u5 A6 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?
) d, z+ S4 k  o# U) l" Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？