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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" w% W5 G: L; V记住我们为什么做某事
9 M2 o' T0 u. j. Q6 b* bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
' J6 }7 a3 u+ s! X8 u0 u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
' j+ Q3 Z6 q' b2 z7 w5 b- h你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 n  t' l& u' E3 o. V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.
& \- O5 `* g6 S' F; ^& D我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. Q2 c5 D7 v& j  |6 P% P& oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 v. [" {* k% t6 x5 d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。
/ c* Z, u$ b/ e( v. `* YWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
/ F! P; l% ]7 {! Z/ d$ l6 }哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 V* z; x3 ~  _) nThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* l+ v- h. g- \4 w我想那很重要。
' M4 L* j( [/ Y! D  b8 k* rBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, @, y8 P- }& f% o- [# r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 |( }6 d2 t4 q6 \! x) WAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' G0 v* y+ c( O: Q) Y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) a' O7 j8 r  e# \) `Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 T& _: f2 _% y! XWhy did I join this club?
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？
! T0 d) w6 B7 F3 p. uWhy did I get married?
$ ]0 u, H1 m! y7 g4 t8 j为什么我要结婚？
; V7 t: K* r  }$ |: n; Q7 wIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 T' A' G9 R- A5 J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。
4 v# ]+ F/ |! g, w1 ~7 {I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 f' U! f$ Q0 r+ r9 W& |9 zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 @- E2 E5 ?# d' W% _& W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。
5 Z; j3 }- |0 x; g! SWe 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.
1 E0 g: L+ M3 K5 U: L, y( Q问为什么没什么问题。
! G1 E* @/ t* \) n+ q: Q) w5 gIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
! |9 F; b! E& Q3 g. O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。
/ C3 [; ], B2 S' x; _" ETalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ h3 T& M, r4 YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) p/ w9 \3 i, E) @2 S7 t$ e你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
% }1 A* w: B6 T% O2 sIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 \* p: L( }' y8 L. l! Z8 O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……
2 Z( X0 Q# ]: D& V2 s/ z0 |  @How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 n: h* l9 r% C3 t, P你写备忘录吗？
' s/ S  o0 J. A# k% @Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  d3 \. b8 j# S# ^! g- ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
  I2 {" U' A* I+ lWhat 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？
8 R6 q/ l: a  N6 j5 }* \$ j, oWhat 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？