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

6 z/ a0 e" w3 g6 p$ V/ A记住我们为什么做某事
5 `/ I) Y  V6 W5 s. m) NSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. z% y: e4 y# q+ Q0 b7 }有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, b) H5 L' v% o) W* B3 y7 p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.
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。
/ N8 G( M+ o! K5 vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 S4 K& Y' n6 B& ~8 Q: I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
+ b" e: h( N) Z( j9 J! t! p$ }这是一个记忆问题。
7 U3 n8 N  f" T: `2 _I guess that counts too.
' \2 n: n6 f6 D我想那很重要。
( U6 V/ \4 e, @7 K2 }$ RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
) f6 ^0 j! A( n; U7 s: y' }4 O4 U% e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？
3 \( ?2 Q1 V& z8 e( v& \. U7 i5 zAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- P: U" y' i; a) Y) [. q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& H1 a( L" ~  n: O5 V  QFor 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。
( ?* R( V6 G) [5 O* g: i9 q( \It's always could to ask ourselves why.
/ \$ D! i7 \# F$ q3 Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ M# p7 @3 s2 u3 Z- ZWhy 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？
8 r! S- Y4 v0 w  m8 lWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
- E% J+ T, I3 ~. t. b7 ]: M为什么我要结婚？
% g6 l8 ^$ q! ]- SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. P# f% y' O9 f6 Z* Q, c2 \9 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
! l, y5 e4 Z7 ?* [% ?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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 E( m+ @/ E, m0 s+ ZWe 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.
7 A5 Y7 l; D( [# Z2 V0 k我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ `3 q2 g5 T% b" w; d) FThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' ?3 n' j' u" b9 ?5 W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.
0 ?  M; X8 ~- P: E: A4 I' Q1 g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。
( I3 t4 B  v0 ~  STalk about it.
3 w$ o$ k" w- F' p谈论下面的话题：
. y" t9 j, t1 `: \6 q1 h* NIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: P( @$ x* ~: E& q: F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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- s  t7 E. _' M$ w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 _/ x8 F9 P) q8 @Do you write memos?
3 D+ M* H) d# P9 R4 }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？
6 O# b2 u6 ^0 M3 M3 e7 P* @What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) c$ I& u1 A, E1 A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?
( a. D# \+ W+ n  f' G" p! o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？