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

' |. ]9 T1 g8 X4 V6 t) }) u4 a记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( h1 ?4 Q! w/ J有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ L* y4 o" i; m( t- WHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
! J5 l( M' A( s8 a  g1 k* v" XAnd 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。
4 D! \8 _2 q7 w# H, mWell, 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。
6 @% h3 H+ _$ x0 {) ~That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
: B' x( z/ P2 ]  l' T我想那很重要。
6 \8 l  H  e: S& b9 [But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 [8 P8 T' 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
. T" Q9 A' ~- D0 G在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ ?/ d' T) V& f/ X7 y0 ~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。
) x0 K/ }6 n  Y/ HIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 M# B. o) _) MWhy my friend was this person?
. q& x. g( x% Z8 S$ _* S$ j' ~为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: a- r$ U8 Q; b; I4 K为什么我要结婚？
8 o8 @/ p' }" CIf 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。
. w; I" R1 o. N" II think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 `) v+ y: n& \* P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.
6 k1 o: ?5 E1 H, h* y8 ^' R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。
( s1 T, D7 u1 r' c$ gWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; U0 e" p5 |, F( d9 T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.
* E3 T% N) e! q+ W8 X( e. R5 d问为什么没什么问题。
4 n, Z, {/ C' o0 I, iIn 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.
# \5 [# ]/ j, Q& a& x) j3 G谈论下面的话题：
( u$ x  D  d" a; f/ bIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 [' i* k" h) I) d2 w: [你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
6 J1 p) K/ V, |; \3 S8 E8 dIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" H! o' M. |" ^0 o2 r$ w: d* c5 nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ g6 O3 y0 U% I& G- Q( G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) }% o. [3 S; f4 r6 ?5 ]3 b: ^Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
6 P* ~: L" h! N" JDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" T1 I% Z+ d, |你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. e% k$ R# K9 }1 WWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ C! ~& _( w" e  {  y; P还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 \9 `! u! {! s/ P, I6 iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
" I' |% W" a# k8 O# q1 B你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？