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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记住我们为什么做某事
2 q( D8 S6 w* X0 t( y, D6 U3 oSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
! v+ U  q2 c! Q- \) n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) G2 H. O- W, G2 @4 `3 R1 O$ p  I6 JHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 ^' v0 t: }. W2 n+ fI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 y0 I' o8 L* ^  Y! ~+ v, H# A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。
/ t- l8 ]  L+ V. p) a9 ^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。
That's a memory problem.
% }( [1 @2 S/ L7 R这是一个记忆问题。
) }; t7 a/ ~: w/ M3 iI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
+ n9 b5 t$ n$ P# W) `4 qBut 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。
( E- @. g; y+ u3 N8 y: g- gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 L' i- M/ }2 u, Q/ C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! W' Z. @. R; a! d$ uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
$ K% t/ q" {! \# @7 X8 @总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 y! b7 l: w" ^. v, a4 p) [Why did I start to learn a language?
. v4 V+ |$ `& F( i- W% A) r5 O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: {0 i9 W; r6 C5 X. Z% O0 W1 tWhy did I join this club?
, a, o: B6 b/ i! k* H7 }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; g7 m- S  m: LWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
( U3 `  v8 G2 gIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
5 m) H. [# g4 o  ZOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 _9 ^- R8 K# W& P0 u# V' Y% C1 nWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) J# i4 \) g; O0 Z; ~+ i2 a) e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 x) p' K5 z( M/ a, q8 W9 w% ~# v: WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ i0 o+ Q# v, f问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 f6 d  G3 f" S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。
/ q4 ]" S% ]: O, W6 c( x  |Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 m! e& {& S  b1 B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ N" n7 L6 y# q. w你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* F& H0 _# O9 o# j1 W- D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 G& r7 P4 q. [& l" uWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% J  ^& a" i& e! Q7 R; f2 T还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 O0 Q  N4 }+ K4 KWhat 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？