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?
' v; L* U. w- B# @( }" H- _4 D你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ F/ j( ]' ~  Z, n8 Z5 \我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& d1 u+ V' X" r; p' V. `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。
0 @: t, j0 [. Q9 q+ }. SAnd 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.
: K7 U8 h" R" ]' F$ z# p哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
( L1 J( \: m' j& j- r. v9 Y0 F这是一个记忆问题。
% X/ x4 \( p0 s- H/ ~  h$ F9 C% b7 gI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( O2 `, C# }) k4 R% 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？
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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 p9 g" _7 [. f; ^对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: w% Y# d4 P# ?! T* e: s- wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: y) G3 [. {$ J* n/ w  K+ W! u总是可以问问自己为什么。
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？
' |5 M0 a6 Z, @2 W7 {  ^Why my friend was this person?
( |, H" m" ?, G. W为什么我的朋友是这个人？
% D+ G+ H" K# P  d2 y* b2 FWhy did I get married?
- J- I1 `2 k2 i0 y" d) g: Q为什么我要结婚？
7 P% T2 u1 s7 EIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 T- ]) z  r  ?! }5 d, U9 f/ g" C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.
' H3 ]6 t; S  x, f我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 Q3 e  c* D  H: L9 g0 Y" @Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ n: B$ K0 [. n1 U% \6 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; [& ]5 w- k! @: M我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ x& i  E7 G* M. ], F7 z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。
) u" A9 o" J* p. T4 S: `/ S: h! PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 E/ Q. u5 {4 `! k" y( f# f5 v$ 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.
* H( b" H8 T) V: Q+ u) B9 V1 G' ~谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
% Z4 D9 a  y1 P+ ]8 m4 R它是一种遥远的记忆？
( {/ Q$ R! B7 T& }- s$ B0 l6 S! B# oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; q: B5 X- P/ F0 W& F; }2 rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& n2 q& G5 ~* S. [' r& nDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
4 @2 C, \4 g! c" x+ {- S4 t9 k' xDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" A. C: |( k- a你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 r  s3 F4 ?( L: NWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
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