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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8 V( s8 @; B) }- w! x记住我们为什么做某事
' O: i' W, I/ z! a$ \. 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。
Have you ever done that?
* H5 C9 l% g" `0 @你曾有过这种经历吗？
) t7 m. l0 T9 F2 F2 [8 ^( DI'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。
3 m3 J3 o, D* \% x0 GAnd 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。
2 {8 B) j& a3 `5 i, h% TWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
8 x* ?: x7 l' q0 ]0 F+ L3 O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。
. n2 B9 w, z; J. C; v( iI guess that counts too.
: k8 j* ^: R/ Q$ G' k+ s+ o6 n6 j我想那很重要。
! s! I4 c1 \5 k7 T% l7 TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ f+ P: l. s! o7 D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？
+ _5 t  j1 I; i' A5 ~  O: VAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
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.
1 j( M# t" ?/ t& h0 _& _+ m1 M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
" T, Z+ r9 S) k, {; K总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
; b& n' }2 {# S3 g# q, K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( Y" c+ \. I/ ]# o% gWhy did I join this club?
/ v  f/ t7 T% A5 |/ M+ |为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 C9 F, |+ W5 ]+ }4 `- AWhy 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.
' h% s* o1 Q- [7 k' M9 x) g& \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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- `, o. q/ V- g. e8 k3 e. F! jOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ Y+ `( u% V& e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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 I8 E: e4 U4 f9 L- z2 M; X2 E我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# k0 Z8 Z& y. H8 ?5 BThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
7 }5 O  r) }# O6 S, T6 O9 G% [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% L. c. y$ U5 o5 F/ A% }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.
" U1 H8 q& C9 N: l1 q9 o+ k谈论下面的话题：
( v" ^  z- L" O9 B0 n2 xIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; Y  \4 A# j3 E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...
' y% M7 w* f, m1 z+ k: n  {- t* p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# I; F1 h' r0 E9 w2 b# d6 K/ `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- _# p. q- Z9 {Do you write memos?
& ]( A4 @& r7 {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？
: j3 U7 a7 D% S8 f% u, `- [& K& fWhat 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?
+ _' v/ j+ f: R你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？