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

6 G& X; a" M+ F9 u记住我们为什么做某事
' [, Z6 O- B2 v+ t. J: gSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
, ]- E. O4 O' T4 M# DI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ R- E8 H( B( H" C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。
4 T0 a& k& {, x6 d! h1 S4 {4 _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
( V) o7 N" b3 _" F7 B2 jWell, 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。
& k' g: x+ V2 ~9 W3 R- y# ^That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
) c- j6 ~& E; [4 }I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
/ }- O: k/ n7 Q# pBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- \% R8 i3 m) ~' Y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。
3 A1 r8 p4 Q. qFor 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。
8 x: z: P! c5 ~! N% g7 ~& TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 I4 v$ g- _9 p' L9 R3 M, P. g4 bWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 C: G# w6 I- ~; E1 f% w" YWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
/ q$ M# r7 x  X: \; z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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 w- w5 a! d: ^% jOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ A1 T3 H- N0 ]* E) a+ k否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 G2 ~2 i0 {8 OWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ C: d( |2 R1 }' V! @, v9 E/ x( n9 NWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
- u9 I& O7 B; j9 i/ 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.
4 u- j5 r# V' d7 r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。
' c6 f0 P+ z: ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
/ }  n' U& e* O( K% `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- M, U; f" t( b你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& R! A8 t: ?1 f. `( CIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  Z+ @) N; F: @! a- y% CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 k% K. t% b, o0 E0 h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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？
* X5 J/ M/ k1 q, t5 m3 mDo you write memos?
' D! ~$ e9 C8 {/ z5 L5 E你写备忘录吗？
- _( C  c# N# H5 F: \3 D" q# D% H$ YDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: H) S* M6 A0 }6 E% t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' X2 d' w# w7 ^$ H/ JWhat 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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？