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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) [$ i) l. N) }8 G9 G记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 a4 [% {" v' r; j9 L* \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! E* ~7 B/ K8 v- D) \, f, THave you ever done that?
+ c' y6 Q/ a/ r+ b% r你曾有过这种经历吗？
& V. d. T+ N- v9 M; |, `6 O( }I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" \" @$ T" X7 D6 t+ `  w, b4 u# }我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( z+ C' ~$ N; ?4 HI 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。
- P7 P+ z! |: H1 ^4 `And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 y, P% q7 _) v; O0 d4 A2 Z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。
" v/ ]: W8 V2 s. V: K: rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
/ w( a" Z* E5 A& p9 Y* ]. v哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) W2 T7 @" i) b$ pThat's a memory problem.
: d# P" Q* c8 B" G9 [这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. }8 [: i0 }, e2 V$ G+ C- F% K9 d我想那很重要。
3 T" ~$ G8 P. m$ q+ b; BBut 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.
2 A, u( Q4 |" g5 g在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 u5 l6 l4 q* TFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ e, a9 y" V- Q+ p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。
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?
8 J9 A/ X' X* x+ i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- z% k4 p  J/ W0 ^2 q6 {0 PWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 k4 e, ~4 W( ^Why did I get married?
2 l  C/ n5 R6 Z) [! `/ a为什么我要结婚？
, a& b5 V) c) p* d; k: SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 ?8 D( ~- I6 X( P1 J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.
. h( ]0 x8 {! w( _9 s我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% t2 b" I* C) ^9 xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 ~, v6 M  ~0 U  v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 f6 K8 Y0 i: {: m1 uWe stop starting. We quit the club.
8 U5 H0 y$ A" W6 X. f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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
9 }& N% Z% `  q$ W9 M1 JIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 A" l4 a/ d: G7 m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：
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？
% a! v; H- J* |8 F/ M# E: F! C* [Is it a kind of distant memory?
$ q# |$ ~% ~: b8 p" d它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ _- f) q2 N5 W( xDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 f# v8 O6 }( D2 X$ }, n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% B" l% X6 i  l- {. E/ w! h# P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 e9 c0 e' v6 o! K$ lDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; o- r) ]6 J# T: WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ n+ w' ]: p- u0 x# J2 C, P( M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 d& V" P% E/ i6 K2 T& H2 ~/ CWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- X3 x# k4 E7 T& v$ s3 G& 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？