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 T" ], e1 ]0 X# }) E1 R3 |记住我们为什么做某事
9 A- B  ^7 B+ |+ S5 \# CSometimes 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?
! K0 i' |. p/ d/ A0 e" u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。
( J, p7 k7 N) n/ }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。
8 p6 f& k; G' b/ IAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ _7 E# U7 P! h$ ]3 P8 {2 P8 u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。
6 L9 B7 p! V- j. e8 KWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
) E* }5 V# K5 w1 _# f我想那很重要。
3 R3 i, }: n. \  E( \; `But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( k  [9 ?3 P1 q5 h9 S$ @4 g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？
) @0 _+ o2 j# |3 \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。
2 _5 \$ d% D) \* xFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 z- j8 g4 z* }9 p- g+ [6 `6 s对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
$ I9 k" S+ E) ^0 Z* X总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ [( v, R0 \# w' x( {Why did I start to learn a language?
% k- ^1 i" w7 z" \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. K, z; x3 b2 X9 _8 ?, H2 f; fWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  S$ W/ E6 {' N3 V. q+ dWhy did I get married?
7 C$ g; v6 |# t2 M4 J为什么我要结婚？
6 C6 r8 h5 n9 NIf 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。
0 }7 a6 E; n& l" t. NI think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 p) ^7 T* v$ Z我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# C; [% P9 l6 Q. t6 f3 o$ XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
! r  K  B- @. q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 z) Q& A, ?7 W  F1 b' HWe 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.
* c9 B$ e1 J, r, ^6 `. X/ i我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
. J8 n2 Q( A. ~& j* S/ cThere'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。
* |1 g& T! M/ h( F) G3 L, _0 NTalk about it.
" m  V  R) |4 Q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？
% d7 V3 U! ]- WIs 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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: l# p! W& d# N* z. F* J# s* G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
0 X4 |$ W: s0 J+ gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' v. p; o/ ]  U6 e5 G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?
( M. v0 i, G. ^4 m" ^9 f, U/ a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?
0 V. g  ^. {" Z你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？