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
Sometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
' h9 U% A1 m, v, K1 D3 P你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 [% N& ]$ p$ m3 r; KI'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。
6 n1 G+ t4 Q; Y+ o! ^% gAnd 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。
# p$ D* I; b  v0 M( ^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。
) O5 e7 i0 G, t5 s" L3 kThat's a memory problem.
. {' C' }9 G- K4 d" h: X$ ]这是一个记忆问题。
# M# B9 D- }/ ^2 l) R+ HI guess that counts too.
/ B( `! f7 `- t% Q我想那很重要。
" ]' Q" n8 [3 T: ]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.
! ?! y. p7 Z. G& C' D7 t在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! C7 ]1 u5 J$ C; s- I6 CFor 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。
% h2 @2 }. C* s. uWhy did I start to learn a language?
- Y" V. y6 O$ i# V为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# [6 ^- P; ~, {( K3 X) HWhy 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?
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。
, G- ~$ H; {6 e) s2 p) ~/ _I think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ F* A; n9 P# B; _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.
, |- p% n  M( }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 W2 \# O. H0 t7 S8 h: F: G" jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
7 d& W5 f, p2 W: `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
( Y8 r* Q' W" [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。
6 x- ^! \+ m& V5 oTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" i' D5 l5 v; M& v& ^, [你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
( v- M. m# p) D' s3 {Is it a kind of distant memory?
% m$ @" O2 E% D. D它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
" T9 v8 R+ k9 y/ E# d7 x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( |9 y  g! S# e, D  d3 IHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 ~9 }: t. @; h6 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# p0 e8 |: s3 e" @Do you write memos?
, k- J& _" P7 E! @/ i- o) E3 |你写备忘录吗？
8 f* |7 P% N% [/ V8 h$ ]Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 x7 u& w( _' c( G' N( }) N/ v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
# t# f' G: H  iWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
: O) v/ [: m9 o4 I) j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?
! C* \8 ~: j% Y- c4 r3 G, g" n你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？