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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8 R+ v% R* q2 I7 Y3 U; O7 W- l$ A, c记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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。
& }, l. t- A2 T" f( xHave you ever done that?
. M' L/ q2 v1 @2 M你曾有过这种经历吗？
% T' u7 l8 I- c; A! l+ n* hI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ r8 e3 ~' R. @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。
# i2 c. e# |) Q) P, Q4 jAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, v; [+ R. X2 R  y* r$ w4 M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。
  E$ m2 c8 t* L& |% J( ^That's a memory problem.
, q+ g$ \' j: Z1 K. V5 e& Z, P这是一个记忆问题。
* N9 {( d4 i7 e% J, Z. k  y# c( gI guess that counts too.
4 H6 S8 X# u8 |4 x& h我想那很重要。
7 y  X5 I# t. IBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 [+ @; e. h8 B- A! 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？
4 u+ Y/ T2 e: A' _At one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 N5 S6 D- u) M. k5 s3 j在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ c4 s& `0 ^8 eFor 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。
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?
2 P# E. @9 \) f& D5 `4 u2 A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 l: F0 e' N5 u, i# ^Why did I join this club?
6 e, b$ u. a: [) y7 }3 k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?
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.
% T: [# a" S) E/ v9 G8 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。
' }& }; W6 M( X4 W# j0 C$ C  e5 ]I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* J- ~7 Q: d- E! k1 TOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 |4 E* }( m3 t* y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
4 A7 k3 G! S/ k: W6 m) o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 O$ ?3 o& |. y! Q/ O5 V4 w# pWe 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.
+ l" m2 @5 d! l( m; }2 o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.
3 |$ `, v+ i4 e* ^5 r' 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。
  D/ v3 [, [5 i- G2 [: bTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 i4 F; E! v2 B5 @Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& j! F0 b/ c: |" G- j1 f* j% s& ^- z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？
4 A& X1 p! F  M" W7 \Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 ?0 Y/ L" H, n  K( b你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; h! H/ B# _' R; a2 E& k# HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; L. o, N3 J# F' P6 H- \% oDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* \8 u6 e. k& N2 ]# bDoes 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?
5 K$ W4 X5 R3 Q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; \8 s5 _% u4 {你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？