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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" |* X5 q* ?9 m  B& d9 S记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ H" s- ~1 K% a7 d, Z3 w+ n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 l( B- _) `# M8 |* sHave you ever done that?
5 h3 ^/ C: z8 Q2 {你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 w* u# Y6 e# t& M8 Y2 e1 fI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 X9 k) B8 {; k8 e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.
2 t4 g9 L4 {8 K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。
: A- h6 d; o. v. u9 |- O5 GWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( a* e# J) T" I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。
" `, d3 }  P7 A  ?  F' r( GI guess that counts too.
: E5 I9 {4 J. Y5 ^! ]我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( D" p$ T9 l* N1 G% i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.
! ^; O3 V5 L6 s! d& I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.
  |3 y5 d. O+ a; P' t对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ p2 e8 d8 P3 `; P% e  aIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
* s0 a0 V) X4 D4 M1 Q7 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
( E4 Y2 \9 |9 H. c/ @( Q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？
- x- g& O6 s/ x/ K  zWhy did I get married?
# F* S4 S2 W, U7 {3 J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.
% ^0 p4 T* J( a- [: H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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 ]+ H! |6 q: T) a; IWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& L4 V9 Z; P# u/ o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
4 n2 R" j( ^, d' L3 E- L2 {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
3 T% ?& N: R( _+ Q  L9 W问为什么没什么问题。
0 W3 V( ^) x/ @; x  ?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：
7 D- `5 j; }5 ~; q2 {  Q  m! u, K* HIs 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？
  f/ \- k  H, N" G  l! }; hIs it a kind of distant memory?
( ?2 a0 _& i6 `: A1 z它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 b# [1 }) O& P1 yDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; P% Y1 g5 Q. a2 ^4 z7 D4 {) C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# q4 ^0 t* r- t3 y$ r( Z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# I/ m  g  T/ v" Q5 R2 X9 JDo you write memos?
- t; ^5 V4 H, v" I& x6 {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- s- W2 j% _" k- X0 R! Q你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ L: J) w5 b" a+ i1 E! M) ^What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: U& V& H8 y5 ~8 J, z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?
5 [1 n% u0 x5 U" _# Q/ m+ \) o) R+ Z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？