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.
1 }6 P+ o1 D* u; e* u; S有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; A3 H+ _5 G4 GHave 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.
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。
, V% }; c. b( OAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. r/ C) D' Q  B# ^& F% a* 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。
' Y8 c% ]" T9 f3 J6 _* y8 `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。
4 N- @1 J- p  Q+ j2 qThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 ~' l1 h# n3 j0 D5 h. D' n! EI guess that counts too.
# U2 W' ~. k, P+ n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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ l' z, \: }3 i& Q* 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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
5 F; P  J. @  n8 N3 a+ J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
" f5 [1 n) u0 L9 F2 R  B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ H7 b+ f7 g( KWhy my friend was this person?
1 ]  c! m9 x3 I: _$ B* M5 T  s; k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
3 K* I4 t- X4 S& \) p为什么我要结婚？
1 x6 S' ~+ a1 WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 M7 b4 s' O7 O' B$ F$ R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。
6 J8 i5 I1 ^  oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' ?; A: Z6 K4 _5 K" \" xWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; l8 `5 u0 U3 L4 a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 W" x0 S4 n" V4 G! o' L9 X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.
2 v9 ^% z$ J0 N0 P( j- S& `问为什么没什么问题。
! A4 T  H2 i* f/ T: L6 ZIn 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.
& \  n/ F. X- a6 H' x# F谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 r- t) r' n, E" @% [1 ]7 ?你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 X2 G! b5 ^0 z. IIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 V" W, Q4 V  _' [0 T6 k' k$ \3 e它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. {, g- l* H9 N9 p" s: n2 K3 [你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 {. s9 k) s# Z$ [  i+ n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
5 H, s8 {. C5 c9 G你写备忘录吗？
8 d. T: U0 T7 w' U& _9 Y4 ADoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ J  U! D7 g- E+ ]你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. M! i$ e# L' ?What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. A( Y. Q8 q1 l9 f% ~还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: u1 u! S6 z9 W: P5 ~! fWhat 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？