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.
1 z& N5 Q  O/ k6 s$ ?2 w有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 [" L8 |/ _" S3 [& XHave you ever done that?
$ i, `9 Q, o" D# C4 ?- s你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
: {& ~* w) Q& K2 V: [% ZI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 P. r3 Z8 Y& m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.
7 K# Y: i6 H! x; {5 Q/ v8 C9 G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。
That's a memory problem.
. l" K. P: o; u7 M2 [这是一个记忆问题。
: z# q$ U1 N9 [5 d# n# Y( hI 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.
, b  M0 O) }( O, \' a6 e4 N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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% F! h) {4 W+ z. DIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" p" R* ~. Y$ ~' X) F. Y总是可以问问自己为什么。
% L* i& n8 m$ R9 N4 l! C0 \: zWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 k0 ]3 W7 o9 }/ E( \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: d  ?2 s5 e/ X0 N1 l* bWhy did I join this club?
6 i6 `* e) \1 u% t' E$ |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？
8 D) v" y3 n+ u$ q- kWhy did I get married?
2 \! V' A! w; a# l为什么我要结婚？
& Q/ v9 B: Z3 ]If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ ^8 T  A2 e! K' o2 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。
* x- @- E( W0 h' k/ K8 QI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) y6 i4 T, B! w" u% ~! e我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& D* |9 W( A5 N( s" n' WOr 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.
8 c: K' Y6 p4 a. @我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, Y2 ]( |1 C: P" t: }3 R我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! T3 F4 v* C( ?) P. N' |There's nothing wrong with asking why.
; V2 C4 U1 G1 N0 e- j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。
Talk about it.
; C% `! P- O, k( g谈论下面的话题：
4 B. V8 V- X, l" yIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 W+ g8 S6 v7 m  P+ s& `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?
3 d) f% v6 x7 S  v  O它是一种遥远的记忆？
; j7 n0 D. a5 `8 Z! DDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 G- y7 s* R2 L6 N0 u$ E4 R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. W0 B6 }) F; a4 U; OHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ z. w) ~2 z, Q( k. r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
5 C+ t. n0 Q* g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？
0 y# m2 i- K' y+ A- n5 a" A' o+ AWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 F: s; D8 n/ K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?
! j1 l+ J& l; W1 s( }: r8 B你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？