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。
6 z9 K3 c. S$ v$ QHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ y; e- `3 q7 P' U( W: S' @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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
2 N: h& I6 f. C7 Q9 G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.
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.
0 g0 N! u9 _3 y4 d- H  o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 F) I: _& F1 g+ G9 z' p1 b3 L+ Q/ j! _这是一个记忆问题。
. k( U- r9 g9 e( u( y2 e( i2 DI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
! q% \- E7 r0 M, V% fBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 {& s! |5 r$ Y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。
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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 w5 t2 ^) {6 S: n. {为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 @# j' \, P0 F7 i+ q4 KWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 j# E" T4 K( \% d. k( oWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ ]2 _( I0 o# B7 ~3 C# ]/ |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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
! M( G, l1 p3 F2 T" r, F& a9 ?) e我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 I& h- w5 I9 x7 qWe 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.
$ m+ I% a1 g/ S6 L5 `! g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。
Talk about it.
: g% D3 _7 X' T# W: I# T( y: b% w8 B谈论下面的话题：
+ r" S: H- z, n% V# D1 L# D& p) \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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
% b" \! h( _0 MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
' J' V4 C: D8 M, X$ g  o1 m你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 d% K: d0 v, l. U9 e6 B# A% E* 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？
: e* b) i1 ~0 _3 l7 N$ PDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
* N8 ?  P+ E( @' w. }: ?# V/ bWhat 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？
  `# }9 s# k( {What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ ?; k. j: E9 F9 G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？