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

( m1 L' e' J: Y0 Q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。
6 g3 g; o: D- \Have you ever done that?
8 b0 e3 Q4 A- P: P你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
" {8 ^  j5 w& f1 ?" W* T% O" II 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。
- N) I# j' H2 q: \$ M" n  m" ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
3 P& a1 o" [: d, B! e0 o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。
/ ?0 U* V' D7 }7 iWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; h* I! H8 ?: V& f9 G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。
9 z6 l0 X! F3 v: H3 y- GI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 q! V7 P! [, r" E8 Z( x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？
) O+ Z. T0 C& O5 x8 xAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' M, q- v! ^0 E0 k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
( v# r/ \5 a% p' s. Q8 U  b; AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 Y2 e2 L4 r0 a3 ~1 {! v  k7 g对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 y; z, c  }4 N9 D, w0 L总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ E' O9 b: `1 H: |5 M1 f& dWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ T+ J: a( U. U' ^' P4 RWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% }5 B3 v% J, R( P4 pWhy my friend was this person?
; v' T3 ]1 E7 d: ~8 J  }: ~/ I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# O* v: O  F/ n. k; |- }0 nWhy did I get married?
# L% e2 E/ f0 `$ b& A) d" F为什么我要结婚？
- f" G, A3 V+ _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。
& }2 ?+ z- Q6 S) R2 a3 y6 EI think we need indeed remind us of why.
( H4 D: S) N$ V4 T1 S* p  s我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' A# A* P# m8 h  P$ W3 j& S7 C( Q  sOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% D- R3 A/ j1 B+ w6 `. I$ P) X2 x; p9 n否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 K! N/ G3 Q2 D: mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
4 D3 c" C& Z0 [9 I! v7 b  }- P' i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, P+ u3 x$ r" M% f$ 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
' D1 ?" X9 }* F7 Q' j3 DIn 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。
! F9 F0 q" K2 {; `& M$ V+ @4 cTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 }) i9 }$ X) K' p9 wIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 `- \0 ?  v" t- W8 r) F2 t你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
6 F9 x. t3 r! u$ o1 V$ C* v3 IIs it a kind of distant memory?
" {, I# J4 X( I它是一种遥远的记忆？
, b( M, E4 C3 c3 F1 _8 nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
) C5 x$ X5 d4 q- ~4 ]9 o你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 q6 b7 Q7 l( cHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 C, g9 b6 a% Y  c2 x* t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？
' j4 [% L9 W1 b2 K8 {7 _; uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 ]9 I/ _1 w! a3 r! S1 k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?
8 e* M( o4 j% R- [9 q6 ^6 W你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？