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.
2 e3 U4 q8 W* `2 a1 a5 |7 k6 ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
7 A8 E  i# P( t% f) g' w5 G* D0 _Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 e7 J7 \/ Z4 [: A5 U6 T3 K我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
5 o( \9 B3 P/ t3 V4 \# u& n( _, LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' {" S- j8 B# ]4 {! a我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  _) W% A- a2 k/ H; }" GAnd 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。
' D  O: m! T; h  z* L! d. hWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# H' o7 o; M- l" z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
# Y4 b' _8 }: X- i/ P; AI guess that counts too.
+ E! E0 y1 i' h我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 f6 g0 }) U6 M, ?2 a7 G. _+ E2 h% \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.
5 D. R; w8 ?) P8 ~! v在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 t( y* j: p$ H: |+ F# o. vFor 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。
7 w* ^; s9 n# N, F9 Y/ PWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 x1 E4 V! j: ?. XWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( R, ^" W! s* n7 S" ZWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# {( |% s  a* s* q! iWhy 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.
+ `9 b1 k* ~: ]( \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。
- P3 R( G4 K, uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 }* Y& v  @+ m+ X! o否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 {3 _9 U; }, V4 D; _; n: Q; S我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( P6 \) }, n; ?' \8 L5 l, P7 `We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
4 ?- E9 z( y- ^) p- V: s1 D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。
+ p( o& P8 Q& w% ~% r; }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。
" Q: a+ U' o2 y6 O+ T' x: I2 FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, z8 i: ?3 ~: T! A% W3 Z( EIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; E- d6 u$ r4 E/ p8 S' 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?
, x3 V) f$ _1 C( [, H, r它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# I6 s. A  P" `你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" ?) g3 B. Z: _: n; v# r: a9 U/ E: h0 VHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ y. {# m1 t7 G( G6 s' I" ~Do you write memos?
: l  ?  A6 [2 G% ^! G# w你写备忘录吗？
- j* ^4 e. h; D8 ]5 q3 x- XDoes 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？
What 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？
4 w8 w8 x$ k" c, y6 w. tWhat 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？