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
  i$ j1 N6 V. Z3 M( r- ~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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 A* m: \2 o9 P9 i9 E! M0 ^/ ^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。
' Z+ I( u/ o4 ~, q2 z8 |And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 D) M0 m& x) ^' j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.
$ @( N# i* k9 G& [这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
+ {; v9 @8 M* D; P" t1 T; GBut 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？
  F0 R* Y, x- E) @; I+ t$ I% |3 J+ LAt 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. s) Q$ U' O1 q: n6 A+ t- `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。
4 H1 Q/ F' L1 r4 u  `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?
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？
1 v5 ^! p* j; T. FWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% G0 G- F. `2 o7 |8 zIf 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.
! R3 a& o2 r% c& ?, o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.
! m0 R. `3 B0 \# z% H' @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
8 `& y  d8 N+ SWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& O: ?& Z- r# r5 A9 r7 d# V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 s6 H1 l% z! Z" \9 w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。
  Y0 S' ^7 _; K1 g  m& DIn 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.
谈论下面的话题：
  K2 L6 |5 j' n0 ^; ?$ W8 mIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: b$ R  @( s4 G- M" y, R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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
# `9 X" ^! I6 N3 WDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 H" K  A0 l2 S6 N& G  a你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 R5 c9 Q4 D# k7 O, ~& K' ~How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- U: z& B7 T, k* c' o% U你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: Q- E+ m0 Z% A# b8 {* p- w& \- [Do you write memos?
3 ]" P: Y, K' k6 U: T: C你写备忘录吗？
/ J) Q/ d# Z  {" W7 q$ L5 t3 e+ C4 YDoes 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?
$ B7 a8 d# n0 w1 f8 t: V: r还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ T5 K9 C+ R* E; DWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 S. u+ v7 F3 H! z8 S你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？