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

( Z7 A, `$ Z7 s* X6 M+ E  A8 ]记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 E2 l1 {! M, M% M, j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
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。
7 A( r+ }4 E5 |" E% C- ^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。
9 x" T8 E" t2 W; ^+ S1 R8 cAnd 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 o9 b/ S  o- s- L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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ P+ j. U4 ?  C0 i1 w) q  A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.
$ L( J8 j$ r, p总是可以问问自己为什么。
* e+ U2 i* _# DWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 E' d/ R9 o& y: j7 f  y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
& i' z/ B- [) h0 ^* a/ i3 I* ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( n. c% i* V0 w" A; qWhy my friend was this person?
" ^# ~7 ?/ d% c+ e- e+ B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 y+ U2 d0 g( u' j' F1 _Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
* d5 d. x  c0 M# b# u6 c9 d2 ?If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 @6 f- g* Q* W' E2 M, 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。
  \- N0 b) p7 tI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% P, P' O$ n0 P* \Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
4 c+ S4 t& @& L* L+ L- ?# a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 x- r& P. }* l& g3 pWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; R: l) @. d  Z+ L# a, F' Q: l* V3 g我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) J& T0 i6 d& f0 O1 Z/ ZWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" j2 F& l/ X+ N* b" G' d* B! IIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 |5 O' M: c* v8 y8 A4 x+ p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。
  J6 z; u# Z8 _/ B+ o" K& q# LTalk about it.
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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: l( I3 F! u; k6 L) ^你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 t' i. v4 D5 l- x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 E- K7 x8 P6 X( ?& d* SDo you write memos?
6 o' V$ E, Q$ x' H1 ?! B7 Z你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; m" R% X$ C9 f. D3 T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 |' I! M; c4 U( ~4 JWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
" L: ~1 Z" G. C. N) L/ C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？