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.
6 u" ]8 E* L" `# D* p2 R有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
) V% T8 t8 a! n1 ?5 X( O, R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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& R6 \  Z* ?9 K: T' q2 XAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
! u/ ?8 J' e3 V; L4 d$ g$ c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。
0 F& t/ t& q: w) pI guess that counts too.
$ d( E& T8 Z% `1 n6 `我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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。
( `' f2 H' z7 ?, f9 nFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& M9 p4 r( ^9 T# J! `" d对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% \0 E3 i  Q. Z$ {& M7 I) l6 KIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: S. t$ s6 |  q$ P* U) q  H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？
% t) u# w0 W7 y1 k% \  L: lWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
/ b8 @3 [. e- a6 G1 E9 `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, T0 H" e' h% x+ x( L为什么我要结婚？
8 J- V3 }2 m1 L1 l2 B* g3 sIf 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。
I 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.
. b' G" i# p2 _; t否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; j5 c" F% \5 m. b; kWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- P" r4 u6 l" F% k* ~( R我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 F( L% N0 t. X% W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.
: {( \& `3 g/ `1 |) H; o4 T5 _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.
% s, ~7 Q2 ^% c* }& l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。
7 R: h: ^2 v) o8 n0 B' HTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
  T8 o9 r1 E# Y; h: ^/ w! {8 QIs 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？
. e9 m6 k2 V5 @8 v/ Z  {Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 O9 J& M1 F9 p; f, I! s7 x- FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 }% v! v& g* ^How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" x- J9 a2 o1 \  f" t" t4 i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 `8 ]& q# {1 o1 Z  ^/ j) L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？