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.
1 j6 p& S. z! k( T/ j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ Z/ M  V) I3 ?5 g+ P/ Q8 ?" @  }Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 |1 c* ^  c) y. oI'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.
: w6 B$ l0 o3 t: V/ c( k( j我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! E7 H) Q  V3 X5 ^. u6 hAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' M! X' e& }" o' e: e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。
That's a memory problem.
7 s5 ]- A, y! A8 z" P这是一个记忆问题。
) n7 }& ?- b2 |) Q* F  }1 WI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. {; V2 L8 i0 f3 z. OBut 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？
' U, ?; Y! d0 m/ `. eAt 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。
9 b0 P, K9 Y. e% F6 {! h' YFor 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.
: X0 C2 P7 I. o$ o% [+ X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？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 _$ b, W1 c% p# x, P; kWhy my friend was this person?
! r+ D* X$ U# m# k( `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
8 B3 B/ G. P$ X; ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; D6 ^. g* i/ t' c$ PWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' a3 H$ L; F/ U- r+ \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: B9 D  _% ]3 f) c1 H8 u+ Z7 dWe 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.
5 D1 `( `5 p! w( S5 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。
. }4 m5 t  |* s9 |Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ q! C: Q5 L3 h) C' _! f* GIs 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？
% y3 P0 |. E* D$ D5 g& MIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 b! H# p" P# ]: {4 ^& I# R* v- A它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. A4 [2 Y  {8 F% c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; t) i$ d! P+ q/ R- p$ ~5 r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
6 N8 O8 k1 Y1 D' V5 A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？
  o  y+ Q& Q% P% i, rWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
8 O) O4 P$ h0 t1 X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？