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

2 A: x( m& ]# P/ O- A记住我们为什么做某事
, ?: C$ X8 s) q* k9 g( pSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 G' S4 T+ P& G8 Y" U+ X有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
/ t; g8 g* A, A0 f0 q. z4 [6 h你曾有过这种经历吗？
% r' b2 t$ o9 y' X+ aI'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。
  u% v! s1 ?4 ?4 k' N3 h: e: \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.
" }- f4 @: A8 c* A( K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。
# q  i: y$ B, \1 f8 q, z% iThat's a memory problem.
3 n8 P' N2 n( O2 U8 _/ O这是一个记忆问题。
2 U+ V6 |& C. Z% z' D1 U( F4 a9 HI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
+ M, ~1 o, v7 E7 Z# LAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
8 _% @7 e* f4 b9 k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" M2 x9 M) H" r$ u  tFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
( o2 o! q6 w! z1 r0 b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
$ d8 r$ `, V( ^: b! v) Z0 f  H* Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 w+ G0 s; F) Y* pWhy did I start to learn a language?
3 O* Z( N! f7 Z5 r2 t为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 m6 }: h4 d( UWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 \- r- k* V2 B! a2 |  gWhy my friend was this person?
4 K+ w& Y, m! N& R为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 F2 i* D) I( i, D& d1 q1 S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.
; k) g) ~  r+ v: i) {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.
  l3 ^+ W' b& n; X# G$ s1 L4 M+ |我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; f% }% j3 f4 M7 sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 F  W/ y2 J9 J. X/ t否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, v+ c6 i: V5 S, l& m' uWe 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.
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。
! G0 n" X7 x4 w( b( Z: @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; v! w- g4 {4 Q1 P8 Z' ~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。
& p- u$ }* M) t. L* n% eTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
% j% k, o9 q/ DIs it a kind of distant memory?
) A  j6 f/ V. q. {0 O* x* [) V它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 W) R( X4 S9 oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- `# r. X& d- A你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: t* a' `- A. Y# Y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?
; G8 \. }* q$ s; v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？