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

/ V  L4 J7 T/ A# D$ B5 a5 V/ J记住我们为什么做某事
3 o  a7 o- n* O' e5 \Sometimes 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。
5 G1 ^2 X+ q( }' IHave you ever done that?
( J0 z$ m" l9 @$ d' z/ b$ R你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 b( Z6 O# g2 z* l! S+ `! LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
6 J* [2 Z/ R# E1 a4 c) W% P7 f我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( Z& f* O% e! Q  x9 yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ }: @6 U6 @3 A1 q7 K0 @5 F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.
3 U  C% P' I% H9 d+ e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。
4 y' I. N) y; T5 D" AThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
( ]/ L5 z) x! P# h我想那很重要。
) H/ e1 y2 I  O, d6 |, fBut 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？
& [$ S. F- ?9 ~; VAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! U' ?5 [/ j; j& I; ~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。
% P/ p8 [5 R$ S, ]$ Y" F( ?9 b: @9 j$ JWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 P' d& D% M9 m: h+ X5 N, X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 a/ u) L2 v7 qWhy did I join this club?
" |" k% ^  O6 {( z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ r2 O5 |5 Z$ v* H  sWhy my friend was this person?
* u7 K4 {: j. Z/ Z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 }# Y4 i% T( @; \  f  S2 gWhy 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.
" h0 D) y4 b: T& s& _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.
8 c6 D% \' x: D/ T/ o我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: V9 v: w) I! T6 UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( x1 T9 P+ Q( r9 f3 iWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) b' k. n( {* l$ F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.
% Q% A$ s7 L9 {. g' g- @8 D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.
5 k6 [3 b0 p* |' `3 C$ d' g/ v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：
9 |' N2 N! f0 Y. [' Q, dIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ W) \, A9 L, l: P% |& q/ M, x5 l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?
8 A( o* V2 l( S! j它是一种遥远的记忆？
, n; ?  T0 f/ q% ?Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  F% \& P& F  M! u9 t4 M% m8 _1 e! sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 [/ r" X! f' r" {( l你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
# t0 f3 p3 o4 J5 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？
0 l$ W3 Q0 p: }6 wWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
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？