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.
3 T5 Q, Y6 a) h  j& b6 {' r3 W有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; C4 E% h* [5 f" E0 H7 ]" t1 XHave you ever done that?
+ F( V$ V) p/ b  f你曾有过这种经历吗？
; ^8 z/ y- e, P+ Q: b/ QI'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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: d. d& g% M; g- v# y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.
' z  \: W- F+ `. P" b$ X- g! P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。
! `: @3 Z+ p! Y/ Q, }8 ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 W. s2 N) ], v6 D; Y; Z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.
# j/ T' _9 B  M5 e; @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.
- h- T4 w$ e$ ^+ z3 i4 D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。
7 j4 A( _+ w! ZWhy did I start to learn a language?
% L) e! Y, o6 i6 o$ i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？
Why my friend was this person?
# d1 _& T/ `& Q/ e8 K为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& g# {" ~: x$ {- k% Y9 TWhy 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.
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。
+ Z( p  h- |* n1 N  gI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 m4 m( j. P3 C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 o; H& Z( y% J! tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 n" U, B& L* A4 v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 o0 {+ E7 c5 I2 h$ o  }  CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
5 R7 G! T" U9 e( A- V8 y& T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
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.
$ a3 C; s6 M2 A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.
谈论下面的话题：
- Z! A3 S  D, b) D9 {) {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 C  i0 X0 I: H. r$ ~- W, L" z# f你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
: @# \, L6 _/ }; s* OIs it a kind of distant memory?
- D5 h0 W: F, d- `' Z% g它是一种遥远的记忆？
' K% e4 r3 t) yDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 Q* h) h3 d6 W你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 {& t$ ]7 P( T2 m( dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ n8 z" Y+ j* D! c" o8 z# q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 A: u# Z$ H8 p8 M& UDo you write memos?
4 o, h& I! W6 W5 A/ B0 P" v. {你写备忘录吗？
) r4 X* i. W, }# G+ IDoes 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？
% ~2 h& j4 r, |# c4 _What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& o5 o# g" Q1 T3 o; z8 o# q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?
, V+ f: G. d, v, E5 n9 K7 `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？