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?
7 H3 S9 e+ v6 N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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ b% q, s4 ], b5 M- Q我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, q' O+ }# Z, F/ f0 o  }% yAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& X4 f2 d+ A' W6 @4 k' x3 M; G1 t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。
$ t: ^5 ~; O% u+ x6 P9 N3 u/ KWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ T7 }% b  v$ X! i! c我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; S0 [% C( w# {, l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？
  R; M1 J( s( v/ qAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 j- S6 l7 r  A: n在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# O/ e) v& k9 SFor 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。
6 e  n& k' U8 |5 w7 YIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# q3 N+ B: q: R; |) k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？
4 T: M1 t5 Q# c* f% x1 ^( o( I& K0 s* [. rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% Y6 T3 H' N6 H4 B: O+ m4 t5 XWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ x# l( a, {9 wWhy did I get married?
; @2 I6 p9 X% M/ V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.
$ W, H5 b! E! ?! s3 `% _8 n) v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.
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.
! C) ~8 t1 T( M8 X3 w否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 ~+ E" M  o# o8 x% v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# f# v% i- _' p5 I* p" n6 rWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, G3 ~8 q& G. A9 b) b7 b9 h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 P- M% `! ?% i/ C* b6 wThere'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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
5 Y, T' Y/ K, `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' _* v, i2 [+ t- R: J% R" ^3 r/ ?3 Q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ ?* K9 s' O* g- ]Is it a kind of distant memory?
8 m, F, l' Q5 s" e  a5 a它是一种遥远的记忆？
* E7 t$ M2 e& {& SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 L8 h4 Z4 B, i4 Q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 G/ l4 J& A- n8 V. v- ?% a: k+ Q4 }/ xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 A  d/ N* C6 g4 t% `% u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ n: e8 E( {0 f" D5 M$ a; kDo you write memos?
1 h' B, U  M7 W/ E  F你写备忘录吗？
* x0 p2 r* r3 o7 C  N3 N2 TDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ z; d* Q' Q4 ^* V3 o6 }; i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 Z* r2 V8 \: y( S# L2 P0 TWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？