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
# j  q" g! ?# _; C/ H1 w6 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。
% L) U- N2 B$ k: g. {Have you ever done that?
5 [( t) B; f! s% U/ V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。
9 u' i4 [( L2 D% L3 o) WI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
  g. c* U& m' {4 D+ E( G2 X# N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.
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.
$ k( ]/ V  V) j. r% u这是一个记忆问题。
) w& `! z8 x8 B  _7 U2 b' ZI guess that counts too.
8 A. @. t% N5 c7 V, K) Z  t我想那很重要。
But 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？
( T: L5 M4 `# R# U6 s+ W" ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ T. ^9 U1 o: p* x) w+ @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.
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。
# T/ e) A! g. I/ p# RWhy 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？
) p( L. R  V, R1 o( e6 PWhy my friend was this person?
6 \* O3 ~3 R9 d2 _, C# V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# k+ }' I' d* {" B4 D7 g7 u8 TWhy 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.
- u! k, s/ _# t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。
) I6 v6 }) q3 _: |9 B0 V$ L: mI think we need indeed remind us of why.
, s) D  t2 {# {% m4 K+ y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.
6 O. O& C+ g: x5 N& w) v* T6 |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 I* y' t( O; ^4 k$ B; O, Q, mWe 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.
1 [6 w! Z" Z; 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.
- a  ~7 X) F; d  Y% B问为什么没什么问题。
# K  g. i; U" Y" u/ @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& h$ R+ ~4 Y" _" k# }" S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。
( U, ?$ ~* R2 S- T. Q. STalk about it.
7 v0 C7 g: `; }! K谈论下面的话题：
4 W% Q& X* _8 |2 w7 iIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 S0 W4 m$ P/ y$ r4 P5 K7 Z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 F4 z% [% y! ?% h1 ^Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ n& j) h3 q, g/ l2 ~Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. n  ?6 U$ v: h  }) u3 kHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
( H5 J5 H* r; t: iDoes 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？
, u# Y3 n/ W5 O1 E4 k7 W  nWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 ~: `5 n9 X4 h0 {: A& X; C还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. b. j' z, R' Q  U- h. p# _  k/ ?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？