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
( [5 a7 ^& }* ~) e. @- y- ]Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" B& M' e( x# C& z- h' |. K有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ G0 Q, v: W& C' C! E# f% P. J你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 g% M, \( _5 c5 l- xI'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.
, ^5 K# ^0 n  K- c+ f, @' y9 Y  J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.
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。
' U6 Q* J, p% Q# |Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  E5 s* X" `6 O( T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。
! m5 `$ p- E6 H/ j  UI guess that counts too.
/ i- ]! ^/ C) ?- Y3 b- W9 q我想那很重要。
# y0 ?2 d/ S. Z  H- k) B  K, S/ OBut 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
; Z) d* Y9 ~" R1 T2 [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  u6 _9 a7 G5 \; ]  ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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Why did I start to learn a language?
8 _0 s& x. k; K* `1 F为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
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？
Why did I get married?
6 \- u. Z% K- ?- U4 p' N5 n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.
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。
. b# A$ `/ z! a* r9 EI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 W3 D( w! _# t" g( L0 s; _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 A: C3 E/ j7 R) Q& W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 C( |% p( }: Y8 L! KWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 T5 T7 C( W4 G, j. w! M我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: v( `8 q5 p0 H; y9 S% n" ^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.
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。
$ ]) ~# t0 Y& ]( r, `/ \Talk about it.
, J) l7 {( L8 A' E7 I# X谈论下面的话题：
1 v5 C. W  R- R" z/ Q! u7 C! aIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ d! j# A" X4 L你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 v7 x1 u& }8 Z5 TIs it a kind of distant memory?
, J/ Z0 b; `. t& F: T3 e( b3 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
: G' f$ \, E6 TDid 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?
9 i0 p, v. c; r* K) a6 T$ G$ _你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
% b, W5 K/ d# y8 |& r1 ~8 b你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
5 P, D8 d0 I* ~  Z+ vWhat 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?
& l- L; x* X# M6 k# S你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？