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？
" h2 `6 j! C- a6 |2 J: QI'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.
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.
7 n) G) R( X0 S8 }7 R8 G+ _" {' 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.
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。
5 H" o3 v( O" S: `/ }; J! z& wI 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？
# ~# i) U0 c) ~0 SAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- m5 q9 E: d: S/ P! D& r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。
# s( j, j4 b( v3 J" `$ M; V0 e! sIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: c% B: N  j  n: i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?
# z& |: e( N2 j* S, |2 d9 ?为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
+ R( W; \& S+ A7 A4 F/ r8 M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 k, t& ^& Y3 K* `4 e' V1 G0 aWhy did I get married?
/ D: D5 s/ q) k8 r# O, n6 `" M) z为什么我要结婚？
/ ^5 J  j$ x4 T- X. @If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- |0 G2 }5 A: T) z) K0 @3 w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。
: ~+ T. P) Y! d8 [$ X2 Y3 E/ A  COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 C! Y0 q- Z8 N4 O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
( R0 J* q$ b1 T  }2 b* o* qWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, r/ w% r$ {6 T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& c% X' [; d; V1 VWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 b9 E+ g9 A# q$ g# n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.
$ g: c% ~* L" G3 s. W+ i9 i问为什么没什么问题。
" L! C2 K6 w3 o/ M1 W" IIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: ]- u; ]1 }2 m2 D& r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：
: D* D# p) p# w0 x7 @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？
0 @/ {* d' @8 K/ D7 g$ n! JIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, Y9 t1 U0 o7 B2 v( {2 R) V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) J7 t2 X1 V1 e. Z* u$ J4 zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% n' c$ m; Y8 z7 @1 n; ?( C9 L# ~Do you write memos?
; \2 `8 _6 A7 S) m0 a) T+ ~你写备忘录吗？
. Z1 ~/ O/ S" @  N7 W$ G/ R2 SDoes 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？
5 M$ ^! L  ?1 Y' F" O/ s9 QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 _1 z, Q/ m6 z# j+ S! |1 H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?
9 [. ]+ v. R, R! P你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？