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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, W9 e1 A7 `7 e8 O3 c- \记住我们为什么做某事
* g; g. e$ r1 o' U. nSometimes 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？
" ?. I0 S- U! m3 @$ ZI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 S+ y1 w& @+ h6 N, q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.
  o% U, u, T# \! K; M4 b我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 ]  v6 r  }2 u* _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 Q9 O8 t* Y3 ^  J9 i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.
1 ]8 `5 l; G; L) }哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
; p7 s! i/ C0 m: e8 lThat's a memory problem.
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?
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？
, _1 X# F7 w9 s/ A6 B# D5 @At one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 R1 D6 r' `3 t在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
- g' p( O' ^* [For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
: m( P7 N" l) O! W3 A! u2 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 w. Q, C# E' X, j' [Why did I join this club?
& w7 u; Y5 |' X# W为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
8 G6 S, {& {& S# ^. l$ q8 I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.
' C6 Z( K" D; r3 F9 ^! j; f9 K我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 {7 i  y: N5 x8 ?% z# w1 yOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- |" V0 v: _" w- X! `; D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 _  y, ]8 H' }" P- LWe stop starting. We quit the club.
* @4 T7 k) u! ]! V, v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. h9 W& n2 P% r: `7 Z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.
4 D" m  Z. E3 A2 m0 {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.
谈论下面的话题：
  b6 v; P# A+ y. |) Q- 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
9 K/ d' E: b& o0 K) z4 c它是一种遥远的记忆？
  i+ E8 T/ F. d6 xDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
" _' ^: I7 W1 ]7 I6 X, K你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
) P) |6 `8 C6 J你写备忘录吗？
& |) r; @5 a* m% Q3 M) yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ p% I& K* M. J# m2 U" ?( Y6 m( O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?
& h9 i3 C7 Q3 S3 G7 `% L/ Q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?
0 }) A- S6 @1 n9 I. D你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？