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

. c, _1 c5 ^4 v  W7 x. X5 E记住我们为什么做某事
1 j5 t1 A0 ?* S% r. b3 w( LSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 o6 }" D+ E/ c8 G3 H' f/ ~; J有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
$ L: V# e5 [* }. w  ^. xHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 `8 k% o9 y1 a( |; r0 C6 pI'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。
+ F5 V, o3 G) s: Z  x) D7 QI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
0 [$ v; G8 `( Y+ P, O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; p6 H# c4 Z! V' R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。
# y( N' p5 _6 y. XWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; n/ T0 H+ F8 I( m3 h# ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 _: Q5 _1 ~5 A6 l' b2 X* LThat's a memory problem.
3 t& H' |# J6 |& m, u5 `; t- p这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
; ?. q' X$ H' [. K+ ]/ N) n我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  I. F, T0 P6 C% _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.
9 o" z* a- T' w1 J  U1 h8 |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.
: X5 U, U0 S2 @3 S总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 D5 m8 L  E1 XWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 r  g( M2 k) ~" A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ S/ j$ ?6 v2 r; e, R1 |5 k( ~Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 j9 E/ z$ i2 V/ o: v! y( ^6 nWhy my friend was this person?
9 w2 z7 h/ N% D+ F* j- J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
; }* E2 r7 I8 x6 t4 q5 y1 c为什么我要结婚？
( A+ H5 D  h2 j6 B$ vIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) A; Q0 v( [( W- Q" g) w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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
  }1 x# f. `% V1 r5 z我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% ^2 u4 E% C4 j6 B. @$ c& q* @8 ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
# P% C/ f" X) O) W+ }& L) J- w* U5 Y$ x  J否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" |% |6 D4 f& ?: ^2 R' TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
! u  [) a9 F, G9 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 T7 g+ i- }# Z4 ~+ B: d3 C. zWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( D$ b" o, U+ D7 @' `. A' V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.
1 q; a$ _4 }2 d+ F* L' \, W问为什么没什么问题。
* C% W$ A4 P% t. ^: k" E' b" B( PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 w1 }: l1 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。
9 x5 N7 q* ^% ]Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
2 W7 R' C1 ~! v, D+ PIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) H) c' }, N( v& N$ o你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 ]$ ?/ b7 V- @! @" b9 c4 yIs it a kind of distant memory?
% v3 ^& O1 m; F8 V它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: l, ~# ]& X1 E2 h& a0 [你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& [8 m6 b8 R& V+ U: H% L) ^. ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) q1 R3 [, M  g2 r/ }4 {5 M, w7 h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 o) _+ S8 `- I6 zDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 A4 U, G( }, S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?
$ M+ @# e. J7 k1 B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?
' ~. m5 ~0 o$ [" n6 c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？