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
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$ Y2 B8 V. Z1 w- ]记住我们为什么做某事
5 f8 A1 P" {6 l! c* eSometimes 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。
6 m8 F( [% k% @$ N9 @* [Have you ever done that?
& Q: V  J, J$ i. ]7 S3 T5 @你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 \! ?; K0 ?% u) ]7 iI'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。
$ L, |( G( c6 f; B* \, nI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# G% m/ e/ c4 |$ ]' H我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
6 O4 u3 `, j: W6 K- I0 r0 U: lAnd 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。
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。
- Z6 t! \4 x1 BThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( h1 E( n, r$ jI guess that counts too.
! y, p' E3 h9 Y9 Q4 f5 `4 }我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 h" T3 B! ^+ z. X, M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？
+ ~! [* ?+ W* `, bAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ m7 r5 @' L$ H4 b' _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 L$ m0 w5 @9 ]2 u, jFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 b% s1 |6 a- x/ W3 }6 m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 A2 s$ C, T' a% ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 _& \8 e$ r7 {% O: EWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 t; W* t2 |  DWhy did I join this club?
+ |) }: Z8 D) S7 ?+ K9 W为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
3 n/ H. `; ?, O" ^9 q+ v为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
! `6 s1 k3 O) F  Q3 ]2 [! H( q  a为什么我要结婚？
  H$ H/ }, d% Q7 rIf 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.
2 H! E  Y' V( O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.
" h) p0 R! G4 g: t4 U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。
. e4 l% N! Y6 Q$ q: X3 WWe 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。
! B2 G( [8 F; I* e" Q4 b; b1 EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 A+ [3 D, ]1 k  s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.
" c* n2 |( ]3 z$ i- K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  Z1 L! A* i+ v1 E- fTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( `. n) N8 W* u  t/ m. e你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
1 R& {" I" Q: t+ G/ sIs it a kind of distant memory?
% h: U. N" I3 i6 g! W# K它是一种遥远的记忆？
; S. U0 D6 X; qDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
" d9 g+ X7 Y: V" S你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" o7 B. X0 F; t1 q: R9 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: q1 J* `6 C6 U! H& b$ }$ [9 W$ r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) Q5 V8 b9 |8 u) p7 KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
3 ~* k" ^; }5 F  N: Z' s- w; `; 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？
: C/ ]2 R( S( ]$ B2 e2 sWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ o1 F4 z, @9 z, B& y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 F  z- l1 E: a9 ^2 lWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
1 y8 C% ~" M; M0 w. b7 H# a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？