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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1 o1 r! }6 u/ \+ |记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 [0 M, B# G- J* T有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ F6 q* Y( y! @( R你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ f" ~/ H+ ]' w- w6 dI'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。
  Z, I& V' {: ?1 T  p4 jAnd 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.
. t& V/ U* [5 a, G( Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! m  _' n- J1 A7 }6 MThat's a memory problem.
: f$ Z8 u% s8 ^6 n2 V这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ j! ?; Z% s. d& ^+ g9 N我想那很重要。
3 a5 M- g7 E6 t/ aBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
3 p- |$ a+ b8 R' k5 L1 ?: M, e5 BAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
% q& O7 [% n/ T0 C  J% I在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 a1 \. P! y1 Q* bFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 f& G; J; ?  k+ w9 p对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# [% Y, [! E# OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 t- W4 r4 C' a. Q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?
$ w. O0 t0 ^/ V4 [, N5 W5 C为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
1 x" i) t- R2 j4 T. P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ i' b3 I; |1 z0 U1 A( qWhy did I get married?
$ _. O% s: |7 \& M; A; [6 K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。
* t2 v% K- n. r) w: K- h! n8 R1 R% ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
* O0 r8 R3 t* A) 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.
* l& }5 f& V+ d* _" m& V+ F否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 E7 U: c! B. x. W2 `5 i% ]! k+ K, Z9 _We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 s& l* x& M) p7 b) P我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( Q) R/ d0 X' F, V5 k& }+ uWe 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。
# r4 [1 D+ m1 l: o" {0 ZThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 R) [+ Z1 l) l% W; s6 t问为什么没什么问题。
. ~; q, I5 o$ a7 Z* mIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" M: L% d# l- I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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- U3 e+ r( m5 v你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 j# ]) {7 [: m1 I) c% x7 PIs it a kind of distant memory?
% ^4 D; v3 ~3 s它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 f: U7 P' ]" p0 s7 @1 P9 m8 }2 D你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* |' F( e" J5 e- h( wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ f2 u8 _+ X; ?' w# N( P3 m) g2 j你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& k7 P% M* G; P6 I5 uDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
+ f* G- M5 _" \/ }( i0 uDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 h% ^0 c/ R/ y3 h( i3 U还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
, V* ], F/ x' n  bWhat 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？