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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- v2 U" A& p& W5 d$ B* @4 ?; t记住我们为什么做某事
4 R) i7 e& }8 H5 ISometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& _" n* s8 E1 Q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  a) O5 K5 V& z7 d' s+ CHave 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。
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。
And 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.
# y2 @) M0 t$ ]' f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ f# x- p9 E  @( w# BThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
; r: M; r* z% g  D* {  B0 pI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
5 k( Z1 ]: g/ E7 r0 PBut 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 a( \$ G# k2 X8 z& Y0 `6 GFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' G' G9 D" @' a2 u" f1 b1 p对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, \& Z- f& n" T6 `5 N1 U" TIt'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？
( `: y6 _5 }( |" aWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* p  Y6 p9 _* l6 C: e0 B( i, a9 _Why my friend was this person?
5 x# C! J9 I2 a6 W6 H* n, `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ d$ a0 `' h; C- i. c- {Why did I get married?
% {3 j/ |/ X" J( J8 z6 @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.
1 O5 d" m5 g: k7 y. I$ 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# A8 q  ~7 l9 Y0 [Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 Q4 b7 s9 K2 X; E3 d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。
2 @2 ]) ?! s" P, \8 L! Q# xWe 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。
. d' E9 g- c/ L5 B6 ^6 B" N) M+ A% s2 VThere'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。
$ A; z$ c% X) C. m, u. `4 R% ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 [9 C# `( W8 n# j; F- G7 M+ V/ ^% u, LIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' Q7 x7 S  ~# n' w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?
: Q2 j. C9 }0 U, n+ V6 {它是一种遥远的记忆？
! ]! X7 Y: a8 W9 G& t! c4 qDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 C5 W- q; l* b你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, R/ |) N( n/ ~8 m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
) e, A0 I, r- _. C9 g你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* |. s; l" b* N2 K+ H8 n0 o# H* C, |; o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?
+ t( w8 t! c- p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?
, O2 t% V1 T8 S4 {8 v. g你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？