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

9 Q) Z* d' T' t% ^2 R1 w  w记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
& C1 q  t4 [; x; g; M( @Have you ever done that?
4 s! ^  R5 L& v( d) t' G$ k你曾有过这种经历吗？
* P7 T5 ~9 F3 _* y8 P8 p" Y& jI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& y) u- a; o7 L$ {我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& ]' n, Z' V8 A+ ^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.
8 i' C* W  R0 B, H) S7 `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。
  i4 z) n5 R% J  e  @) tWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 ]7 d7 u5 {( p8 ?- I0 H+ f# L哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
1 q% H5 l, A4 n. @' SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
- A2 r% r  a" \8 C/ F/ ]我想那很重要。
5 l7 T( g- c" k- n( ]* g  nBut 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？
! K7 b9 O2 Y  ]2 ~At one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 u4 t7 [; d0 A$ p. x" D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.
2 i( k- u; l  n1 z( U' M2 u对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: ^6 ]- a" U  ]' R' p1 _) `& ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 y  a2 @1 t) a总是可以问问自己为什么。
! q: W% o7 S7 z  e: V( dWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 b3 B. Z& V( i5 N9 r为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& Q/ |" t( \0 k& K( s5 D- n- pWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
" M0 e% T! K( l# _7 z2 G为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ k2 f: Q8 i+ W' o& n# G4 G' O+ RWhy 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.
- R' {8 F* M# D$ u: i& |4 O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。
/ o( a8 j9 j5 t) Q# bI think we need indeed remind us of why.
& @% I& w! k, Q2 i我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 _3 T/ e) D( k3 j否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! E6 G4 E! ?: d( I- q* iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  r; v$ s; {6 M* u$ QWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 ?9 I6 J0 X6 J- t% e& t我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# _8 r9 q1 J  y- cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
7 O- q# u; [( DIn 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。
' {1 ]/ L, w  p" E! h6 l9 n* NTalk about it.
# Q5 z! n4 v1 Y' [$ {" c# Z谈论下面的话题：
- l- R* B* M, _8 ?) `- y* `Is 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
- u2 n2 A1 b- [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& c$ B. N% d9 E5 F# H7 \9 J% ^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 I0 r1 q2 a" a" v" F: kDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* J/ n9 i; @) I9 ~% S1 M$ |Does 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?
- r( Q  @; m) ?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 N4 h/ x$ @7 m: j* E( S, ^) r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？