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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4 [. S9 H7 v1 r5 l记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ s1 d7 Q4 d7 Y0 Q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* N9 ?4 a, S) Z. x% T% g$ cHave you ever done that?
; K7 A% f1 ~1 E! y1 J8 d8 D你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 f5 w4 ?8 D3 ]: ~) h* n6 ]I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: Q' V: ^' E. a+ [" |# F我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
, f7 M7 n  A/ `  \, II 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 S7 t4 [8 ?5 ZAnd 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。
5 U" s3 b: E, U1 z- bWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
9 i2 f, v8 C. z* F9 r: D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
6 ]; E  P4 F5 m7 u. x9 ~- i这是一个记忆问题。
9 M7 E& U8 i0 b9 cI guess that counts too.
# x. K) B( R* O9 z- P1 e. s我想那很重要。
, [$ x# ^! l$ s- ~- VBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 o9 T  w% y' W9 |9 l' i' h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.
* h2 S: P/ R# D# a7 v4 S在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
/ R2 c" |# R2 x; B/ a  `For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  w4 g) f( d- i, m' h& p对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( ?' j4 B+ b* o' QIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 h' P6 ]! F/ H+ i  C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？
' s3 `6 Q- G6 ~$ l( I7 gWhy did I join this club?
- n) ]0 Z0 H( v' t: n1 \为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# ?/ N  p+ c! e6 ?5 Y2 l9 a4 B+ gWhy my friend was this person?
$ L( e( R2 ]9 s! h- F0 N1 ]3 z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  p' j8 g/ J7 fWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
' m; c) r# d" ]  z" L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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" @& v  l( o- H. bWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; B0 A1 d; N. d- M8 H我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ B& ~. r& ^9 |: @, x1 EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
6 E' L. T- Q* d/ L2 n8 lIn 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。
' o1 Q5 f. [+ s' ]Talk about it.
! V4 T) z7 k# \3 v  Y谈论下面的话题：
& x' c/ a+ B6 {" |# U& v" uIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) p. u. j2 l% Y* m7 `/ j# y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?
: [) r: s5 f( Y8 P- S# j它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
) K% [9 c7 J* r' f7 ~2 {你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 J5 r! `& i9 eHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ |- A) K* {+ z2 ]! H: H9 i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: F  K& ^( p* W" K' u& ^Do you write memos?
6 e( X- a$ d9 d9 Q, O你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 A$ w4 U9 P! C+ U( @: |8 F( e你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
1 a! s! d9 z3 W4 ^( M) UWhat 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？
. ]+ D) g9 [7 F  f9 U: r& g! `What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
* e: E& M; }1 ^* d' L1 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？