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

, O, X2 i3 |. I% e5 Z记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ u/ j# i, N2 e6 k7 n  d7 Q8 I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？
4 Z; b' {% b2 I& ~( c: d5 {$ zI'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。
- p8 ^* F# X- uAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 p% W: [* x4 r. Q& T5 i3 p- B2 F2 n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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* y7 v6 K, g# r, ~( W+ e  d! ~That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
1 L5 X  @* p- `I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# H, N" H  N9 M: ]$ SBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. K: _) d# E$ l4 V! s0 S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？
2 V% {( m5 |( j% u0 sAt 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。
! J2 c4 X  c1 ^7 _, C' rFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 ], T# I: p( y* b' w& w7 x; ~对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 ]6 Z" J' C, X. NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 e. T$ ^% s2 ]/ }0 lWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ }7 a) a$ P# e$ ?. a6 ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 H. c/ A) G# h+ z' tWhy my friend was this person?
; o1 Q8 c% `' z: p* ~5 p为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: y6 u: Z: h' m8 q* [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.
" Z+ H0 d" P$ a! F4 Z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.
' U8 A+ m6 Y9 F) b1 n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 a8 a9 [! J. n) v/ S  K& I% w否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We 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.
% {- Y9 u/ {' L3 z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 q/ p% G2 E4 rThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ r! r3 Y% o2 ?% J# d6 QIn 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。
( q7 L3 T0 A! ]8 q  R+ i+ d4 B2 bTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
. z. z$ J- M6 N: U3 x' K( GIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
* [! a4 W- K' C, d5 b( @Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 F$ Y6 l( J5 d0 L; B你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 T& V$ l: ^, e# P1 y0 CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. t' u7 K& k, P% |" B1 zDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
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？
: \  S. U$ A+ K0 v; F$ P6 X0 g' Q& mWhat 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?
; a$ B% N8 N8 x4 F/ c* O! 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？