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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. v, x* A- h4 }9 ]9 g* M) SI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ d0 y: W" x9 s7 C+ U5 X. I7 r2 Y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。
' ~" Y' `5 `8 x% v+ S3 U1 qAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
  W5 ~) q5 u' B: b" l7 i5 z6 U, {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。
! k; b; n* ?! oThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
0 I9 o4 [$ c+ `6 Q8 _0 h9 R2 |I guess that counts too.
; V1 C- X; S; p我想那很重要。
& l; r1 f7 [5 z4 h# |But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 c1 a  _8 H) |6 {  }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。
; e) b0 [/ \  j$ g. Y3 N5 J7 YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ D: \% L& E; R对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) z# I# H6 h8 {It's always could to ask ourselves why.
3 x7 L% ~* o5 E8 G) _总是可以问问自己为什么。
. A. r. c1 M  M) O4 A( i, uWhy did I start to learn a language?
; W% X3 L( R, d1 f$ P7 R3 J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# l# }5 l  I- c. rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
/ m, @8 L2 `0 H* I3 |' Y  F4 n* t/ [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& |2 b, Q% m  l0 H# V1 s. PIf 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.
6 @! Z0 U  T* T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, b2 p  O& A5 s5 VOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 H3 i% G( r2 Q6 X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。
  l) _" @. k/ @# z  a# W: d* ~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。
$ ?/ J! ]+ c. x  Q. m8 [$ _6 QThere'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.
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。
# m/ g/ G1 e8 r8 \' i& hTalk about it.
. j3 ~+ A  D$ w" d' `  D- B; o谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 i7 F- y. H  B$ _1 O$ c+ O4 {- s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?
9 |: S+ p  y0 m" R( d# N: ^它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
1 Y/ h0 V8 i- L0 N8 l你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) r4 T$ A  O- {& w' @Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 M' U* w4 K. E& q+ }" Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ T! @0 `! K9 G, S& \What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 W+ k# D5 X: V$ S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？