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

7 Q3 w  l7 K/ z$ |( P3 g8 t( A& a记住我们为什么做某事
* d8 u- g& G8 SSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ _) R& j. Q& Q! P1 D; r有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* }; s( C9 ?$ n/ j" ]Have you ever done that?
9 I4 B& X! p8 a* Q. b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。
0 I' P7 s( |0 k- ~1 `& EI 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.
9 a# i" a. `. R; m  U0 s& u3 ^! M. n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.
, ]  z% G7 \0 b4 n. A) Z- x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ C& O8 z! u5 j: R2 C* w" fThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ O9 r0 o  k2 g) Y. ?/ Y5 b- nI guess that counts too.
7 h0 Y  F' G: S5 M我想那很重要。
' e& V, v% ]7 f. L( d# f4 S  WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; Y8 }( ~1 i1 P9 B$ e6 B* U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.
! u% ?+ c" B# `在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, [: d. y# M! F; O4 \( m' AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  B5 ]3 X# x7 W, O( d. F4 P对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) n) }1 z# H; X3 }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？
; b2 q4 I$ V" `) [3 R2 Z5 p7 PWhy did I join this club?
7 ^% Z  f% O2 z, A( q% d/ ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
. E3 u) ]# l3 x0 s% b. E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( w6 ]: ^" f: I* l# [Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
2 L7 C* ?5 r' T, f. QIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* K8 V7 P$ C4 [: [2 k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。
' ^  `. R/ o4 t. b- O9 MI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
, q) F4 A' {- I! s- p否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) z' u2 e4 p9 s9 G; jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 m" R* c  [8 n1 I+ @, u3 I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。
% G- i' o4 u- n/ n* H3 f  fThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
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：
0 ~  _" M. T1 i5 I2 A8 x7 @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？
  F6 C" u% x8 ]: |+ K8 M# fIs it a kind of distant memory?
( c% P, k. ^' c5 T; S它是一种遥远的记忆？
* ~8 u( h  ]) W) W2 n9 e" sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
& o& R( \4 W( C* m你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 m) V0 R- z) z# DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' h6 P% O, K2 v2 X  W你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& g1 R; \% c& h$ D8 D/ nDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( y6 X- J( z/ y! V你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What 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？
! o- G' n5 D& B5 }What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: w0 Q& v" A$ ^# t& }) E你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？