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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 F. ~$ \5 _1 ?9 [) |有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 u; f+ q' n% }' KHave you ever done that?
" i! x4 w1 F/ E, o, a, i你曾有过这种经历吗？
* u3 p8 V8 C9 z  ?" ~I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 W! ]' Y5 g# {5 q9 R( [( ^) _" 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.
; O& t% J! V) {6 N7 J8 ]  P4 b我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 |" {$ w, L" l  ^+ [5 @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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# G: C% W9 a( `# A, p$ g哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! b/ j8 N( B& F& I# |" ~, p  S) MThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
. b8 p; e5 K/ \0 u9 m+ F. nI guess that counts too.
% P4 f% e+ R# ?( x0 n/ t2 b我想那很重要。
* T$ k( y* y6 N  DBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ |- m  H2 O# p6 D3 Z. u! K, L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？
, C( R$ c/ Z* L0 W$ W2 J; D4 Y8 eAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 \5 X, e, x4 p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
% v  s  X1 j; S" C! E8 `) P# fFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 \' t/ y5 N; A$ t( `对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It'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?
: y5 o. F; z! P/ O$ P' J2 w: _* A: p2 q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
1 b$ j; Q7 O3 j1 u; y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 R% ?2 W+ J8 |4 q) e  jWhy my friend was this person?
  Q" O" b. ^( ]0 F/ U2 C; T! c$ _- Q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 F. s9 o3 b4 U2 EWhy did I get married?
0 M* S1 U0 y4 A. B为什么我要结婚？
( o* s5 g. G. O  R1 O% l- O* \2 VIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 |( s5 k6 N. c2 G* v- D; ]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。
( W7 t% W0 ]9 t0 C( LOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' v2 L0 I: q) r/ h否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 t5 ]# L9 ?" c3 ?我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ ^) r; w4 B- \0 LWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 y# f1 P5 r; r' ?; e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 c; c3 q* \0 R% F5 ]8 ~$ ZThere'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.
+ N) N, A9 j  E# c! {4 M2 }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：
8 |) r4 ]; O! |; v4 C! M6 }* C( YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ P* b6 _) Q2 P% c% v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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ N3 B. d$ Q/ N" l你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* v- f/ S& Z5 I+ D2 j1 |! I. PHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& h$ T7 T8 ^* s7 i5 J2 U) P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  }- v& i5 `: n0 ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What 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?
- W: D9 V; b1 ^4 N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？