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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Sometimes 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。
8 d. i& m# h( N" KHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
* T" B6 d1 |$ n+ hI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 |) x" H; u7 X/ J我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) g6 M5 ?  d% H7 R$ S" `8 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。
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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
  ?/ ~: L; c. n' m4 L( z0 ^& VI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! }7 j4 Z8 L9 X# ?But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' {+ ~. F( c" @+ n, }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？
1 N1 e( _7 V2 rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ N* K. E! J+ E# C2 ?9 A  s* C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。
8 Y0 W! m- C( b! w/ OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
& f! f# e, ?! p  x  D  n% AWhy did I start to learn a language?
- N' T+ r7 K% Y% C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？
' ~( n2 q# P( k$ Y$ e, [Why my friend was this person?
  g8 Z0 d" {: Z+ d为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 W: @  v) T2 r! w% R: k: c- gWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 B' T) B6 n5 MIf 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 `3 h; e6 ^  v* D* F  a; iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
  O1 k, b# S3 O2 v8 s- {2 y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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% W8 O  s' s( n& uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
5 ]$ n0 J. n$ L我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ P5 q1 V* \4 v) Q* I6 O( X" Y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.
. h. M, o" E5 q8 P) U6 c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.
6 M! ~$ G7 \% p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.
6 o; H4 Y" D& R. l谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
; f& a! x4 a9 m! C( c( K) ~Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
( ]& u8 t( P5 a8 I4 {( f; {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 s( K$ N* ?; M7 o  C& x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& m+ ]6 ^1 W- ^5 nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* [( l4 `3 h* ~: _- P, o) [你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ M$ i/ T5 U; L% f3 |% S, O你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
/ x4 m6 F% j( Z  I8 o" _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?
4 p3 J. ]. q1 a+ S' u5 h2 m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？