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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. b$ Z8 ]. g) q2 q. c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。
) k! C" N; F$ i' THave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. z- D. e8 M8 D& ~, o; r0 ^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.
+ X- o! [( M0 `我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 A( V0 Y- p- s  S" d, F7 N3 [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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# }  h3 ?4 J* g  kThat's a memory problem.
' O+ q# {" X) |. ~$ {' Y这是一个记忆问题。
- E2 }4 d$ n% oI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 {3 n6 B2 z' O& n( {1 S- N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.
9 W% G: r  ?7 F# u9 c. s/ Y% f4 C在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
6 A! k3 ~  {0 SFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  C* _" j, Y: g9 d) d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 g  m9 }2 S7 N$ L2 r, N) S7 UWhy 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?
0 G1 Z6 r! {' j& \4 @& j2 w为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
# r4 g* i3 m& V3 C2 W; f为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" O4 \' y* t! m4 lWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, [" H- Z$ _8 C7 iIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 Q! _0 L' G3 b2 @) z* a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。
% W0 h, f- F  s) ]7 o+ COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# _. }  w0 t$ M& b- Z7 E7 `% h2 G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 l. W- j2 W4 F, u$ cWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 ~5 J; y: v" T" V8 F* A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.
- X8 n5 _0 J9 v) D/ |4 ~; L问为什么没什么问题。
- |- o7 Y7 D3 ]: Z: F( T$ vIn 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.
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; ^, u7 x, P7 T; \' [# p4 mIs 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？
$ o  [0 z# A: L  FIs it a kind of distant memory?
% O- Q' h6 U  Q( r1 k4 n它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 W/ o' D# s2 A2 L! w; v6 G- W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/ p. e  ]0 O7 }你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 \3 y/ v# T5 Q, X$ w1 P8 `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？
% k/ x- j1 U7 ^# \7 j- p  `2 S+ y- SWhat 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？