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

) g2 }  P8 L' D8 s0 V! ]记住我们为什么做某事
6 R0 m0 y1 Q! f+ o* LSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 S- p  _' g. f, C  L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
0 u3 a- c% S4 [' n0 o: mHave you ever done that?
; e8 ~' R4 b' s! D# v你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 a3 v& P$ [# DI'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。
' v! J: |) J1 V  ^$ qAnd 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。
& b& s0 U+ }' V# n% s: o- ?8 ~3 _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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 F& ]1 R2 U* T2 c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？
4 S! a; C: n# B2 ?- v! @1 z8 kAt 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。
& ^, l0 q# y  j$ d9 k8 vFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 m1 [0 }  l6 m: |* n" c; b% d对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ ~) Q/ P# M/ S4 T% ?( @" UIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
! `$ K/ d$ G. d& k% A# ]总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ ]: ?: ~. p# ^4 ~Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( E8 X8 C8 C* Z% O  |& P0 V& r. ZWhy did I join this club?
, Z' s! p; N6 v& |; Y! j' }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* L" ~8 a+ H6 s" o5 }% Y' P/ v4 h2 AWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
" V) Z5 Z. C0 Z8 ^为什么我要结婚？
1 ^: ^7 N) V$ ^If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% n! |/ H1 @5 @5 E( N) r, ^9 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 ?, s; p% x8 F% [Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
! t) g( q0 f8 L- b7 t  ?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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ _& \2 d  u7 B! q# m% X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.
% t) k5 M  ]/ q( @7 e2 z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。
% B; d) Y) F5 m' U3 qTalk about it.
) x$ J: ^% g: i; x谈论下面的话题：
3 r  _% X( n5 R, a  w" A% ?/ ], kIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
9 Q; e( K1 x) d/ @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?
- q4 f& u0 J5 [# r4 U0 p, a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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  E8 |. A; z) _" S- z. R1 ~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？
; E4 r; G" z4 xWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 E4 U2 Q4 v5 t/ E5 W3 Y4 u+ q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？