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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  Z1 b  M. d% g; J% n5 L- w有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- J* w& }0 t1 ^& I; P- WHave you ever done that?
* }$ \# y& ?& E+ G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.
# x: b- }1 C# a- \2 o9 I/ M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.
# S# U9 g; {" U: h5 Q2 _! ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ i* D! B) ~6 J! K; lThat's a memory problem.
0 t) J) C3 K$ @6 x% \/ E  r1 x这是一个记忆问题。
. O7 k/ s2 u* j" b; I7 P8 N. VI guess that counts too.
: O  H' Y2 T! D; }4 w4 S我想那很重要。
' D$ L" J1 o' b0 |, \: Y' zBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 c! Y9 p0 ]& G( A' ~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。
$ e. A9 L! d# o( C# X' k1 E$ KFor 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.
# F7 s  ]+ x' P总是可以问问自己为什么。
" N4 A/ A" y: }6 MWhy 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 H4 `1 A1 e- A  q) I为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 c) h: y2 p2 d# ^) `+ a, |* D% wWhy my friend was this person?
# _* L3 G4 e$ D4 n  t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 ^2 E' m! |$ r  R$ ]Why did I get married?
* t- b( O: W0 c为什么我要结婚？
6 M/ P0 D& {# ~If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
6 v6 e) C1 O3 x6 j4 E  w& ~I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% }! Q. c! L# r, _- E+ ^* W0 wOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# D& m+ p# s5 R$ j# aWe stop starting. We quit the club.
( x5 H: j+ e6 T# t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& j; y1 _  v2 r: l5 r4 [3 T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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! y$ ?. w- t4 d6 `2 @: P* ~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?
2 @' ]- n8 u$ S6 D5 w, R你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
( `! G; N, {1 y" A+ i8 u( f! f9 sIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ F1 m- q- \9 ^* D7 a% n. wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ _& ^( r9 K# v! c4 @  i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) _' ~, E9 d+ V+ A! \Do you write memos?
- E& B2 v0 M& [你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 ?) i1 f. H& }. S: t5 z8 u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？
/ R; Z5 s5 q! J" {What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ f' {2 Q# u6 i! {) e# S: a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？