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
4 D" u& L9 z+ R& SSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ I" B8 M; [- S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？
' g7 A1 N4 H4 YI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* I: B0 K! p; A( Q' }# e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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* n: h8 J6 `+ }7 G7 ?- Z: RAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 {' k7 U1 T4 P9 J2 T3 y6 K7 a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。
/ }0 y& Z6 c1 bWell, 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。
$ N) T% ^& ~6 Q5 R* n; t' _+ rThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
! l2 G$ O! G) s我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  a+ i$ b9 V$ ~" d/ 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.
3 Q% R4 P* }- I9 [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.
/ c  L0 S" r+ y9 x0 |总是可以问问自己为什么。
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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 a% {+ E- F5 D9 tWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 o" `6 e6 H8 v6 \0 u9 k. _, ?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.
! \5 ^3 `' {( j4 D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.
# w' |$ O9 \5 z2 B+ x* ~/ I4 O* C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( C8 R, \9 d* a  _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
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.
5 }9 J3 ]3 `" T1 }1 A我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# a) N: l3 p) M3 e* qThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 n% _/ q/ ?: D3 q0 l2 o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。
Talk about it.
4 h' i+ w( X9 U谈论下面的话题：
( y, f# F: i' J; XIs 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？
% O7 l- M* L  {! q" I+ V3 m! W; NIs it a kind of distant memory?
+ ~$ i; t6 [* \它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( i3 C) r8 D% l5 ]0 y$ j! \你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  i" H8 g8 F) q7 C, Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- f' l4 F6 U" C' w+ _" x5 KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. \8 ?; R" d$ u/ {/ j& [" CDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. c, }! d* q; b9 d: K/ e/ n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?
* P" v1 k% |, I/ \还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
6 O2 `+ W" `9 i/ [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! H5 }" `. k6 L+ m; b" n, g1 v$ d你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？