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

3 P  ~: s: I% |2 Z1 ^记住我们为什么做某事
8 J6 n0 j6 ~- s" {Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
) B4 d* v  y! ]1 U, n0 o有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
5 @8 _# t. s) o. ~! ZHave you ever done that?
) B) `! o5 n  ^" v- {( x% N' k, L7 x你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" y" O, Y) e& Z/ D4 e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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 I" w- Q8 C4 S/ i) U: X/ h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.
5 N% ?" D0 ~: t, a' c- q2 j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。
/ B1 S5 V; P1 {+ {, N0 _9 ^I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
0 H: c# z) z# P# Y! o( U5 w# ^6 R8 j9 yBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 R6 k" T1 h; |( S& @# o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.
4 d. P# v- o1 W+ m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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 I5 Q3 K# e- o9 R总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' i% T! C9 u: w8 b. z* n9 \' VWhy did I join this club?
7 T; ~. o  V4 x7 ]1 }) ^' A为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 ]$ s4 Q+ x7 ~5 F6 w8 V+ \7 E6 ~Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 U+ ~8 l( `: bWhy 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.
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。
8 M  t# {4 W$ oI think we need indeed remind us of why.
! `5 [" ^4 y6 S2 }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 g( W$ C2 }: Y4 w' t/ y1 IOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 q# X  M( Q& B否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 K  M! ]! F6 @: U  r1 Q; k* @1 g+ U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
% E4 }# N, E' s5 u2 lWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  H, E1 a/ I' x2 D9 M% d6 ]" o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.
9 j, T+ ~/ L( z( ]' j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.
# P. H& `/ g; H% I1 N; @* O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。
" @8 L* J% C. Q+ B/ j/ l( v+ ITalk about it.
0 h- K: q* P" n0 ^/ ?+ e5 N" D谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. B" g' s$ k4 l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?
+ d$ W$ W6 D7 l0 M+ X& V: N% Z4 T' D它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 y+ P/ Z) s3 a5 c9 X5 UDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ }6 D7 m/ h* ^& r5 V' h1 z: ^6 C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) V' i- X. ]6 g% K6 p3 N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?
0 Z) [. O4 o6 S0 n你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
$ z, Z6 e. z4 `6 c4 o0 f6 [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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: D; H: y  w$ r/ ^& J5 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？