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
; p8 G* Q3 B% ?& _4 BSometimes 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?
% k- U; j* E1 N6 i# U) Z* ^你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* n- H! I  J! z. B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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 e& @* e2 G* m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。
1 g/ }% Q7 |& ]Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) w, D+ J/ m+ F哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 g* j; {# `) J! q/ Q& VThat's a memory problem.
- I6 M0 M6 h/ Z5 o+ {这是一个记忆问题。
* {3 M! J% r; V  O' ?3 {I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- l+ v, X6 @6 mBut 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？
2 h7 Z2 ]( }- ]$ O- k8 fAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, e( K! B% T3 `# V在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! a# L9 F& G3 n0 \' J" G" YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 v) l2 D9 ~; v3 ]* T( R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。
5 B$ j$ g4 f( z6 n1 U6 K( tWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 N* j$ L+ Y5 E8 aWhy my friend was this person?
9 H& q. S# P2 F8 k: j2 @. Q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# _0 C$ m% J3 ~1 M/ Q4 Y! f$ wWhy 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.
3 a7 J6 y" o8 X* j& O7 ]: M5 @# f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。
0 |& _3 b$ }9 o8 zI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 x' n( [/ c) A; k9 {& |! rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" d7 h7 F" [$ }' r" E/ k& s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。
& r8 M1 j$ d# Q4 i8 DWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, n& U4 n7 |- N* {/ D/ P/ [我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
* N, h. u. S7 T* l# ?There's nothing wrong with asking why.
- {7 g- s3 \, w7 c/ [5 V问为什么没什么问题。
% D4 _  d! D7 x8 V; E$ eIn 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.
- Y9 l2 u9 c! ?# \谈论下面的话题：
# f$ w% x8 t- M' q2 J  s2 i1 MIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' b' V# |% g" t5 B" u  [/ h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 |: q: z- X5 {, mIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; h$ p& k2 C. y5 DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; m& y' V3 E. ^* M$ ^2 d/ R/ y: U1 cDo 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？
( ?' f& f0 D1 V8 U2 N1 HWhat 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？
/ p. Z) b' R% y7 |) d6 CWhat 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？