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

% S! S, s5 _6 {+ D记住我们为什么做某事
9 V. y/ [. C2 k# Z' n- wSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 j1 \2 j2 v8 n6 }" r* L( S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？
/ p: ^- R7 b% \' v6 K& C2 OI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) A+ ?( P0 Z' [: s1 c0 S我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
0 F& H, E) ?, |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。
! G8 D% O7 M6 m8 N7 ~( EAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* o$ Y) ]" Q2 Q2 K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。
2 i0 L9 s! e7 `# v/ aWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 z/ V4 A; }9 h  j" C) J3 N0 t4 M1 E哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 S9 y6 Y" h4 s4 z3 a+ oThat's a memory problem.
. t1 _% M7 B+ k% B' q! r这是一个记忆问题。
2 e2 I* c0 Q* t4 U1 f: o9 @/ qI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
1 B! v. J5 e+ K, M  j. WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* E- t. R0 Z- r  K% D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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! a! t; S$ a  I# m  \, Q0 TFor 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。
. ~" M% X8 t# k/ h' ~; ~" [It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' L6 d1 _. t: O7 j% l总是可以问问自己为什么。
* e0 B" K0 [% o2 A( H4 `% |' SWhy did I start to learn a language?
9 x! R, I, ]0 K0 E7 p为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' z! ~! w/ P6 G8 r为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! k- S0 H8 [  ^Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* U; K, O$ _/ O- uWhy 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.
0 L& l4 E4 A, j' N, P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。
: U# E. c: U. U9 w; p2 HI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ I; R7 b2 S4 y) ~7 ]- ~9 m我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& p- J7 k, h3 A( |Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
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。
$ j( c; R5 L' {/ GWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( S. ?* a: i' ?" i% k7 x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, {: L& a, f5 Z5 M, M0 C6 B0 JThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
: \: q1 \* Z1 [/ j/ _. aIs 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？
7 Q9 J- u* X" s" F2 N% a0 VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 g5 r0 ^# C) P) ^" s$ v5 w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- K! E0 M( C, P3 A1 V你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, x, A' e1 z, B% k/ DDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
9 M' R% g' E' T" {3 _- {( xDoes 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？
0 q$ V1 X1 {1 ~+ }* cWhat 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？
" q5 I. a/ s0 X0 }  j  \What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ B' N$ C# h( r9 c; I5 g1 U你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？