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。
# L: y. |8 a( o! a% J6 d" ^) \  J, dHave you ever done that?
( J9 o% j! l. f* q! x; w你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 R5 u  N0 k( b$ G" {. v- F: UI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- ?9 \* }0 b7 f( X我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ P9 |4 G9 o5 ~0 h% u- uI 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。
6 q+ j9 A0 ~2 F. w# q1 d( i7 ~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。
5 ?) }" S- |( S# R7 qThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 _3 O6 t2 x3 Y' N7 q! l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？
4 Q) ^( M1 v, D" b9 Y' g% k6 ?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。
, ~, V. g' s$ c4 [( D5 C% `For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! h1 o3 W8 R+ Q* H  i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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 P" ^; x* T$ e4 P% H- C1 w- f% `Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
+ \5 T* W5 Y% R  f* M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
6 n' I: [; s. P2 y1 @4 ~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。
2 G4 O5 m  w6 b$ u' d0 q3 uI think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 ~- g& U* x: P/ I1 z" \我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 n# B  Y! U8 r" XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
  Z- F$ b  Q! a: [否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
, Z5 p' p3 Y; P% S% g- @: Q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。
% |  h: R: N0 V7 T* M2 yTalk about it.
. Q4 z5 d) a* x. Y% I4 x9 h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？
2 o( Y4 ~% t$ g0 fIs it a kind of distant memory?
* X8 y2 N  p: g0 n  M9 i& z它是一种遥远的记忆？
  X& R3 P% y) d" CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" Q) q' y, I+ R9 L1 s) a' u# ~How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 |* V! Q2 m7 ^你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 z1 W$ _9 ?, t4 Z# f4 \Do you write memos?
4 B; s& E0 s6 A- g' m6 p% S0 P你写备忘录吗？
' j4 Z/ [6 w, W! M0 JDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" k) i1 Z' B- r9 h6 X7 J: q2 H你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( V. g7 Q8 j/ b7 z- f5 KWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- S6 g' P0 y4 j! ~. H5 s2 \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？