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

$ X) y7 b5 ]* L记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: u& ^0 k: J% n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
9 L9 j5 e. A4 T) Y* a+ HHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 ]9 {% o9 X" n# q0 W我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# d2 Z$ l' b7 T6 lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ e8 H' O4 R9 d0 X: C我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  q2 x' ~( K8 @$ M1 v% LAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' ?& k" N7 m" ^# R7 n# L8 I9 |  g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。
) V. x+ J4 B1 [! x, Z2 jWell, 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。
0 N' Y' H; X9 uThat's a memory problem.
, M& M7 M- M5 p( c8 G这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
4 m( B$ H$ V) a6 {% o4 G8 B$ s0 WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! H) {2 Q& v9 J( C$ v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？
9 F2 W% U6 M5 _: k: e0 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
  ~9 z$ M4 y# A/ |* s' ^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。
; m( i: }" x5 e2 [3 q5 K, AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  p  X& J6 Z) o7 ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
- P6 Y- P7 w/ b8 ]& M; e9 j9 J' A- h- _! RWhy did I start to learn a language?
. ^1 p: L+ N1 Q  N" e6 k/ I' r# }  j9 T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？
Why my friend was this person?
9 \+ D4 H4 p1 `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 ]5 h. f  i  [+ h9 ZWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% I3 `. Z+ U5 I4 w6 |If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
( B  K; n! n0 W9 w& E; L. b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。
2 Y/ n3 f9 Q! B( V. e# nI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 O* x; A, H+ UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 o' y: ~1 u2 Q7 `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 E) ?$ t9 u0 T  f  WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
5 L, q+ p" ?! c  a- h+ x5 S我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, O: a3 B* v9 m+ e. D+ m% |) s& g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 w; d: S: ~8 k4 v+ kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
% a( J2 k7 X7 j2 d! j/ a问为什么没什么问题。
: H5 x& d2 C6 k8 X3 M" GIn 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。
/ h; C. `9 j9 zTalk about it.
" E" n/ ]/ A# y. W谈论下面的话题：
' e/ ]. u  h3 P6 K8 s% ~" Z" D) H0 eIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 I2 A1 ~. `1 V2 ?! o/ m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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 D" }5 `) G8 Z7 e) n" o你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) g. S; t( A/ d% HHow 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/ L- {9 l你写备忘录吗？
' O. l1 V$ U+ e' f% ?* Q: a! BDoes 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？
5 S. g. U# |+ O# o. P- c+ B% h. @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& P1 s1 t4 m% K6 W" n* ~! 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？