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.
$ B  }: c  R8 h( Y# }9 G有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ _4 {2 r4 I9 Z" cHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
# x6 C/ v$ Z* v& I' o. S8 R) [3 ?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。
( |2 h5 K1 n# N9 b7 q4 SI 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.
( K, p- p$ |9 \: V1 O. J" j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。
( [7 y+ m$ [6 H$ k4 T, z- r8 ~& ^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。
( G: c2 K, c4 @* ]4 [# JThat's a memory problem.
; _. m$ S; r0 @: L6 U- o: U这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 z: `0 V  Q: e! y, o7 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？
8 q/ f; A; f" i; |% E4 ZAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 x0 B4 l3 U5 H* z/ F: w在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* e3 U9 `* G+ K, UFor 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。
6 T% r1 P' L2 S7 C3 y: PWhy did I start to learn a language?
( P; q0 c; f4 j' t为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
& k: h% h$ Q" C) N( [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
( |+ T1 M6 b* f- q4 }7 t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( g7 F7 ~9 r8 I4 h' p2 bWhy did I get married?
5 |8 o) c" @3 v2 q3 I! S: H6 M为什么我要结婚？
% E" S7 B" z5 I- ~5 o2 X1 M' kIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ h" l$ u+ o3 W" j! o; P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。
+ k+ t; d/ e) q/ qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' D, \- L3 ~/ k  e+ v( l8 YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 h% n$ `5 E9 F# jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- T5 V$ B, r$ R& ^& Y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( W9 c, Q; s2 d0 Z; q6 EWe 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。
& K' M# n: Y" G$ G2 T* {/ S$ jIn 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。
  U/ F" T6 Q% }! t) x: }Talk about it.
; c. h* x) \5 Y# {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？
4 ?8 L4 X+ @( bIs it a kind of distant memory?
  {3 Z3 h5 X! A" o# Z它是一种遥远的记忆？
) [" @* v7 G6 B$ X1 M0 hDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
( |# I4 a% A3 B* e& l! m你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! v) B3 n4 j/ j/ P7 Z! cHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! J5 D! L* q. c( a8 L你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
! I8 h& ^: ~0 |/ {% v/ p1 v: m+ }你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 c# a8 Z0 N" T$ y, a4 ^2 a3 g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？
0 r! W( p6 K# x* RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. p2 u1 o# F) ]3 \( j! U你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？