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

8 Y/ W- h& H* T8 \7 `7 H记住我们为什么做某事
$ r  ?( q& _; K  XSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 e1 [. l% Z( X7 w+ F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- d/ m* H/ r+ t' a( A0 ?6 _Have you ever done that?
9 i6 x& B* _' V, y7 v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。
, u+ y6 {' A0 Y% o4 r7 iI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. x7 d1 v% l3 a! }  a我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- k+ `( s- \7 kAnd 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。
0 _5 l: [( j, D4 @5 nThat's a memory problem.
2 j" _) W) p, Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
2 s: S) L( }2 q我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ Q. g0 e( ?2 q9 x6 ]9 X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。
0 h7 `6 Y5 ^+ s( n6 G2 CFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 H4 @5 k! D4 i. k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。
$ s$ k% d# e3 s* i) BWhy did I start to learn a language?
8 {: a3 h. y9 p' T2 Y8 y, p! R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 b8 F7 o% i3 p2 U为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% d& e, i2 w: e8 CWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 ^, p/ B' f+ kIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) c2 r* n( X# S6 J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。
$ L* @3 P+ Z( }; t' L2 J' f: t7 z6 MI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( ^' D( m, w$ H1 @8 ^, }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。
$ e1 X7 C* u3 R* N, WWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. I- p" L* L, U  j, g6 z8 C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.
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。
$ ]; S# |4 t) `8 L3 p  LTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
3 l/ I4 u6 v+ ]" ?1 ~/ cIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- K3 `. I9 ]2 v- 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?
; Z7 j% C2 D1 V' y! t它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( r6 V- L- Z* U1 B' q" h4 S; K你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: h5 g) }$ d1 _7 p你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% H2 l3 v8 i  u; gDo you write memos?
0 a) W' f5 X1 ]0 s你写备忘录吗？
; F7 L3 O3 q# G( C* l. q8 X7 PDoes 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?
% A" N' |* w) Y0 ^0 d. l* N; x7 m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) _- l( C, o# o, g( O' _: d  IWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 P3 d- b) n2 d8 k3 J$ W* r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？