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.
& _! A  P1 n) ~! J8 P5 s5 z; V有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have 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.
$ c4 I$ N" i; H7 c& y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.
' E: I4 d7 N: m# k0 M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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 H+ f" U% d% u' P0 x7 _I guess that counts too.
0 J' }" X; [0 {' h( M% c我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! Z* T- v# j1 T0 S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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
9 k! n5 t2 `8 ]' a, b为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' c7 r/ M( `9 a' s' Y6 v( FWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
1 B& n7 A. L% T6 N, Q' j$ s9 \: ^4 I) a7 N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.
" @- B( L4 D3 o8 y0 z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.
* O1 o2 m( R8 R6 s$ p+ Q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# E, Q0 A$ x5 W, Y% C9 M7 ]& q( Q$ kWe stop starting. We quit the club.
0 S9 p2 |+ ^" `9 F& x9 h( r/ k, i: M我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 M; j+ f+ @# l" A# D" W2 ]1 p# DWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% S% k6 q, V0 K6 r我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
' `  t) v( B4 u- d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.
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。
0 h" i7 h+ C. a' ^% }. NTalk about it.
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, K0 X' O+ ]: w: Q4 YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ f" Y9 v7 s7 ^5 P9 m% r: x# k* r' `你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 a: S8 \- U- ^Is it a kind of distant memory?
1 S8 W& a- w/ O  L它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 J7 L  M8 N1 \' }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?
& J( B* \+ U0 D! J* Z/ ~& p/ Z0 t你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) Y. V1 W+ T7 oDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  E3 [/ K* F  v, F- T+ @5 }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?
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？