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

" U# K3 D3 V5 k: ^" L记住我们为什么做某事
8 T; J) ?! T8 ?  R& K5 ]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。
Have you ever done that?
4 ?1 p4 @2 p& s' n* ^. o9 _, L* ?你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 H) @9 S. r  C& A" w2 q. M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.
5 ?9 w- e! o8 @  V5 e0 P3 H我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
/ b  Y: I9 r5 ^1 d9 R- ]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。
  M+ x. k: e. a% }, O/ PWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
1 B' u6 u! p) mI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ J5 B0 `: S* `) nBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: l7 e/ f( `- ^( f0 n. z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？
; N# d! I2 i6 L7 M" e3 a& J3 x1 W* ]$ @At one point, there was a reason we do something.
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.
* b, {  G9 C! L8 D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# Y! f2 f1 i' }* m7 p  fIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
( {4 O1 E4 L* X: R总是可以问问自己为什么。
) W% a2 K" F3 q, SWhy 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?
6 c$ L: I5 [; A, a5 ]( h为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 y0 C3 I2 e( W9 q1 K为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- _* H; x" U- P+ Z/ X" i' ^4 f0 vWhy did I get married?
0 l* Q3 t2 I2 R. j: I1 {为什么我要结婚？
9 B1 Q) m9 j/ V9 c  ~1 r; wIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
; m7 N# p. A; ?& z9 Y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  E9 v8 h0 a+ IWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- R6 r9 Z6 A9 f( _1 v/ _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 o+ R" T" i/ N3 M6 K' y. v3 NThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
. F. v$ S$ E; K6 P' u+ j- O' C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.
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 ^& I/ i8 T* k2 u, O; eTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
: E* R* G$ L. W" B. Y6 VIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
+ X5 a0 V) d% f* M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……
  R. O# Q4 o$ x$ nHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 }; U% Z+ A' D( N. I, H! t- E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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？