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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( k+ G8 y6 E$ ]3 `! y7 PHave you ever done that?
: M2 R$ l& @1 J1 l你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 R: C7 D7 d- p2 i/ RI'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.
1 g& r  s0 d- W- ]6 @# k% `+ R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.
- D  V+ u$ @( K- @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.
: r2 X) E- w- O哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
: T  X5 p. X& l* C6 d. f0 mThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
/ R9 t4 p- b0 ^0 HBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: a( `1 H/ e* W8 A. g, Z, A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.
% m0 a- h8 w+ O! T$ c# [3 ?( i6 ]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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 l+ n2 A5 g4 M, K) U, o3 rWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- l/ q5 C6 K/ a# w) ?4 k  eWhy did I join this club?
7 Y. G) _; g/ V5 u2 A为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 |- H+ ]  H" q! s$ {6 O; q5 `$ eWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" U6 m5 b. d1 _, B( L4 kIf 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。
% B5 `. y6 d+ ~0 p1 wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! X8 j& L, C" ]' i! fOr 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.
) Z! `! k1 ~- v3 P5 ]9 ^* y. ~, i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* s8 i4 ]4 @' @2 X$ T0 m# pWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  S: x- b. k& u! Q  X& L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  |9 O1 F9 @- v7 I- {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。
- O- T% g: F5 f" b5 ITalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, j3 k' H2 X( [$ i* ~Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 u* G( @8 ^! s- S" u6 r你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
4 H+ Q5 s8 E: X- @* T0 ]它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# C* x: Q. v* W7 j9 Y: S5 C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 n0 V7 K' E% k" A. _4 KHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
5 W5 u) X) J1 i" ~Do you write memos?
: e* x2 k+ G% E8 j: H你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* z) t2 _: @. K3 A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？