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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 b2 H) Q. M; \, O) g9 bI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ x0 n) B. Z* w' Z/ f6 x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
8 G  B7 l* j* t; ~! z% Y  j6 L# `7 O* yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# ~* b/ a5 J4 P0 c2 y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 m5 x# t% n4 ^/ QAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
9 b- M+ E* V. M1 \: ^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。
8 j% t1 f: a. X6 t) S5 `) S( VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
1 {$ f- }2 d( f1 m$ p! {; z  |哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 \7 k; c) N9 ]7 T7 {That's a memory problem.
* Y7 p/ x, ]- p3 V5 K这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
# H6 f; ?6 X0 r! R/ Q我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- Y$ a2 V1 U2 j, i' e- S3 }4 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& X8 [, O4 n0 H4 Z$ @6 NFor 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。
" R' ~& Y2 ]( A  ~8 FIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
' E* j0 L6 r+ y' u2 C1 U8 _Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: \4 n; ?* @# v( M& ?  m$ ^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？
  C5 U: D+ \3 Z' h. zWhy did I get married?
  h8 }0 d( n6 L6 E2 n" J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.
9 s* e* {6 \: A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。
. B0 X, X' P3 K" w* O# ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
! J4 v* j: F+ X1 ?8 d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& G4 P+ f; \0 p, F, _2 u1 uOr 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。
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。
6 J1 ~+ o  p, Z! ~, a9 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
; N* Z2 H" |( ]% X, `In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 u# V3 y- K- t+ }$ k; N5 [, 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
3 a: A, S) g% ZIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& L8 K/ T' E; s4 A4 d1 ~. hIs it a kind of distant memory?
" j& V, t% e/ k5 q它是一种遥远的记忆？
" D" L1 b" X8 m" Z! |Did 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. K% f- E$ j- p7 j  j, d) u& ]Do you write memos?
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？
& _% D/ Q% b+ k' n1 GWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. p) _, E' w' K' v( ?/ _& ~还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( |% Y5 I: w+ M9 `  TWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？