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.
; Z+ q' {) o; P- C8 ~2 F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 d3 t0 c* y; ]% X" @9 H+ g  K' {Have you ever done that?
" z* p4 I4 E; q3 q! E$ W: p你曾有过这种经历吗？
. Y8 q, }1 R; w" sI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 M5 r3 C2 c# w( {0 t  ?( U9 VAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* K9 M: `, R* r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。
0 r+ P( K$ }7 ~/ U# YWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
' E( W) \) I& G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。
3 u7 D6 W9 C1 i: f: \I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: v8 H/ \3 I  w3 N  ^! f' Q- |7 a% IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 a6 r/ G- \; |& W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？
) x, W1 Z; \5 B3 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ l& R' ~! i; `4 P! {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.
( D' ?$ ]' b. d/ F9 G% t- \3 f/ T5 M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% R) ?: h9 A7 ~/ _9 J% uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 l1 Y5 h' D* j6 \) N& P* `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？
& t+ S* T3 I! l/ j1 j6 S" UWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- b! _, v9 z* W. e2 @: xWhy did I get married?
% X+ I# |) h$ _+ B* F% r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.
. q6 p8 i- Q5 e; f% q$ \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。
: q3 F6 i8 x! `' C) Y8 |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) X: C' H" E& Y+ N* C8 v1 @/ }Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
. Z. ?0 e+ J# `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, M- [& y& f. t7 L0 rWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, V) D0 O4 ~! f, t3 g7 H* g+ G7 nThere'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.
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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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
( s/ n. b1 L5 SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 G) M" l' S  L4 p5 N- j/ |  y+ I' rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( E, s2 }# N6 Q9 z1 E你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; n0 w6 X  f% R7 U6 L7 }Do you write memos?
  p1 y$ _$ s  P/ `2 m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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 w4 {8 o, N/ d) Z4 l$ |! Z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! z" Y+ y! @4 k4 q' k' [8 h( P7 yWhat 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？