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
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记住我们为什么做某事
9 O5 p  W+ r: L; M- r2 B9 t, [4 SSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ v4 q# O9 b# e4 s& U/ k3 ?有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 i8 e0 _4 `$ F' k& J+ j) |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。
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。
& B" f  q2 a6 Y8 y1 BAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- C3 M0 E$ c4 `8 Y% z# h5 u/ G. A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.
, J0 x1 d0 I/ k6 J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 l. i- a. |; T8 aThat's a memory problem.
0 g" K) M5 Q, k- V9 _' ?1 J9 G这是一个记忆问题。
5 c' R+ }6 \4 h7 U! T( ?7 T- Z. C, bI guess that counts too.
2 y3 b$ a: s+ R6 x, |1 j- r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？
+ i% r3 |1 x# |. 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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
5 d$ Q' V0 G0 B7 c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
0 u1 g3 d0 J3 A* q0 T1 rIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* r7 h: X5 K  H# T; G总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
3 M1 C1 k! e( U; c  I) `3 k9 j  a为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; @3 M8 D6 K, @8 fWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
( H6 [  `8 d+ c( ]0 }. h为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! N, f& D1 Y7 f! W) f; q# yWhy did I get married?
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.
( c, @7 y4 ]5 m* o" h; ^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。
3 z8 M8 g6 m  G; R9 R# kI think we need indeed remind us of why.
  x/ t# Z$ \' y3 n; T# }5 q4 w我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
" [* i4 m4 h8 {* J( a1 `Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! p: Y" o1 v9 v) z4 lWe 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。
5 `2 \0 L, K+ e- {. k5 q' [5 b" A. e- hIn 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。
! o7 r6 c7 u* Y7 n8 m+ ZTalk about it.
! x/ ]" R" N/ b/ K) h: g谈论下面的话题：
, o$ \' D) \. ]+ H1 uIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% g; R$ q& }3 C$ ]7 p. w你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! K% }# H5 j- x* a% v* B" q6 QIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ j! h4 r9 e( Z! \Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 r, ^8 C. }" @6 m) F2 }" H& a你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 R. N; s; L! e/ \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？
2 L" K5 ^) E* \: J. HDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
3 _" S" }0 S) P  v/ 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?
' W( y- S2 ^  f1 G" R7 Y# c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?
3 R7 F0 x6 Y  d7 @* x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？