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
8 x' m- ^2 f) j- F4 p8 w' t2 CSometimes 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。
! X# G! _, N% G; uHave you ever done that?
% j7 R6 V) \, x你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 q' z4 I( i: R  aI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ n+ \7 R6 ^/ J" m# H我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) I+ z; m. Q9 t0 G" z+ R) @4 cI 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.
0 g- _7 [1 P! F  S+ @0 l. ^+ p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。
- `5 b2 D1 S' A5 S, a4 y' WWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, j7 H3 m" C( w" p. a3 {7 L! j" Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
- n. ^7 E! \/ r这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ S7 b: @2 @8 p2 U; eBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
' |) H( Z: g/ ^9 m$ G- k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。
7 ~( j7 N& I( M! o1 G% oFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
; w5 M* P3 P) f" R对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, J) M2 E3 M3 m3 T9 H6 dIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 |) N3 ]0 O* cWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ y8 @% W7 \8 T9 j7 Y1 SWhy my friend was this person?
$ O5 e9 _6 H' B2 c0 X. G4 E3 Y4 a! y6 Y为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
! e" ~& u' ^0 T$ S% 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。
+ r' W( ?/ V2 {8 Y- H! T5 R  OI think we need indeed remind us of why.
  m$ n+ x7 @3 s( T! O  y& J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.
6 Z$ Q: M5 A2 Z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 n1 k. |6 L4 [: e$ I  {We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ Z" w" |5 W# r6 W, ]& C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# G0 ]( j) ^6 B& o6 s- n" DWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
' |1 w  A7 @  Q( rIn 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。
0 x' ~, z2 R. ^# y1 VTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! m: i+ m* l* ?6 j+ r6 |7 p你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ R; X: b- N/ H+ U% B/ eIs it a kind of distant memory?
+ R0 s7 d5 \3 d! h& Q- h+ B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?
5 H, G* e0 b- }) O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ Z, E+ {5 ?7 h/ t  |. M你写备忘录吗？
& k5 P; B. v; @3 s" h- v/ p! WDoes 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？
  \, w; n7 n0 U, e- |' aWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. N- _' d, N- i; X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？