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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2 S0 W0 H7 a$ L! p; j' J记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 }) h! {& F5 L0 s( s+ ~有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
4 Q: a/ Q8 J+ g7 p9 q1 zHave you ever done that?
) m7 E6 G5 K# i$ S4 R你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 l8 c4 x* h& t- I( M. I' I3 n, `I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% `1 O/ @/ d: j1 E" R/ c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。
8 t0 ]/ j' R* L6 N) @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。
( `8 Y* j, Z1 l" U5 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 Q, D5 t: t) M. mI 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.
$ _, Q0 @# W  H在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 N& O( z9 K4 M% j6 V8 A$ H$ q  zFor 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。
5 Q$ C3 {0 {0 ]7 k* y' gIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# H' y) g& \0 @% b总是可以问问自己为什么。
* ^# Y, ]0 V, R7 jWhy did I start to learn a language?
* ], s  Y- m2 `7 h+ q5 \1 H) C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ t. O# d* V- k0 b  \+ jWhy did I join this club?
% R* G' t, j8 [) a/ Y' r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 F* l. z& S/ w' A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 Q, b5 R2 \7 Y- J3 e6 `8 X5 I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。
& o, N" |' k( U* I' k+ ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 m& B) s5 C1 ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) V! G4 Z" ?. RWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 G1 m% V6 ]0 i+ r( v- b( u2 Q* Y( _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 s9 {( K, P, K6 N; z& {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.
3 t$ I8 f& \2 Q; Z! w问为什么没什么问题。
$ p& }: r# Y8 E" wIn 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。
Talk about it.
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2 s2 g' P* o, ^: b# AIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) T0 `1 E, t9 T' R, K! l% \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？
3 I) U3 s4 F$ {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  m" u4 n7 }% |( T% I/ ]# cHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
5 i. V- a) {& E* t/ q) K  }6 PDo you write memos?
( [* L* J& z# j你写备忘录吗？
8 N  [4 L$ Y) G. p0 _0 o  NDoes 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？
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？
  e+ k. r+ _# {3 {& `" ?$ TWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
1 I9 S: Q& L4 k  c; X  l你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？