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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" v( o! x: r. b# G3 l0 I& }记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 n: E1 S2 _; Q) g9 i7 U有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) b8 M1 M! F% l7 A, L, t7 wHave 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.
; U- B4 T/ k$ A; h9 ]( I我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' ~0 @' P3 V; |0 I0 [' j6 TI 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。
4 a$ j0 x0 X' Q  |# wAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
6 i, k2 g# q/ K3 r! U* 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。
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。
# \/ |3 H4 B4 e8 o( oThat's a memory problem.
9 r2 m) g3 }$ `0 W7 P! D1 n6 b这是一个记忆问题。
. b0 z  q& c; a5 F0 }4 oI guess that counts too.
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.
% s5 U1 E$ L; ~  F) |: P在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: p& V7 R1 @2 E# kFor 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.
1 m% I- b/ S* W3 }+ Z8 {% w' c" h总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 [7 d7 N9 @( X. k3 s7 t! kWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
! w! h- |+ P6 T# y! [2 ^/ VWhy did I join this club?
5 z0 m! N  A$ J$ x) ^. C3 c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 d# G  w+ J1 W/ |* \Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& a% y" c* ^+ NWhy 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.
1 Z. m  G, `  T! Z& G9 D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。
. Y; D' T" m' F) P7 M. B# F6 U9 bI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 O- e1 C& R1 b' C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; K/ t7 }) S5 d- ?2 P' o9 AOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 K$ Q7 Q$ @, m4 C2 _- G7 S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 t0 F" ~8 Z- R/ }5 V/ L1 tWe stop starting. We quit the club.
$ W2 J6 K. L% Z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ z) L  J, r$ [, R+ O  H% S+ RWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 B/ z( H7 c) \2 O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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ d+ A9 J% k& j7 R6 @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。
  X1 m5 [6 B( }Talk about it.
# t6 {0 b/ w: w1 R' c谈论下面的话题：
" v3 _1 J1 o/ jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 X0 F# c6 B# \8 ^2 t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？
" |8 Q7 p4 y: h( hDid 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?
3 K8 x' e! b6 n/ n% j你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. \: ^) S$ f$ s8 H+ ~- MDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ h) Y+ X& r, ^0 k. D) w( u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？
5 m: I3 A! d' C' m- x! @# L; i; tWhat 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？