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

6 y0 ]* C9 I$ \& @2 h1 y2 ?$ t' H记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* @) Q" Q8 L; i5 V: b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
. k  G# ^# v2 W: I, p' j  K$ ?$ y3 T2 HHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
  }3 j( W- s$ @2 {+ ^I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 n6 a% |. W4 a6 x/ Q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: f% w$ [+ |9 h- n( B% NI 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.
( l: F5 O* r& H% f% G1 P. j( g4 S9 p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 E3 F" x; V3 a% |2 @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.
$ t: `( A. D  G5 z8 Y8 W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?
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。
For 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。
1 }/ g5 Z! {+ J+ Q$ WIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 e! F2 L5 n+ a& ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 g$ q7 N1 P1 {Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, H' y  L3 x+ @" |Why did I join this club?
, T6 g6 g+ ?: d0 X. O为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ R/ a) H) i" XWhy my friend was this person?
2 H0 D' X  I7 ?1 v8 C9 e9 L0 n' a4 u为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
9 T/ F" n. z1 |0 a: rIf 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。
+ ~( m* r+ q0 J! Z/ r9 y7 y8 p8 cI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 y  M/ I6 ~! c, L! i5 h2 TOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 N8 e- H* {' S+ m% H- y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.
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。
( b: B* F( b/ u3 e# g) z  YIn 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。
$ A2 \- [9 _  Q( a; f+ u3 CTalk about it.
7 Y( d, G  Y- \/ T! k# T9 K谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 q  Y/ t- I; x! i7 y( \你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
/ l  ^5 |, G% ^6 Z( a' QIs it a kind of distant memory?
; C9 @. J! Y4 ]1 ^它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, a* Y3 f5 a5 ]+ o/ V1 v* H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ q; m" x1 c0 w; ?. DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; I7 H- j& `+ e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？
; Y3 N3 ?  }5 \- `# s6 U! yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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？
# j/ h/ B2 v1 q/ Y" n( CWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ ^; i3 {& E2 z+ s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？