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

" X$ J+ W* \4 g. i: M$ @记住我们为什么做某事
5 K' ?- }- H! u$ QSometimes 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?
- P* t! Z. ]7 p/ }3 v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。
% e. Z& L3 \' G9 K5 zI 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。
2 u- n1 I- B" c. m7 C! ~: J9 L4 y! qAnd 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.
& a$ Y4 X) o' e* x) s% N% X哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' `3 g3 D: `8 E) \: yThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
) V, U) Z; V3 l: ?. M9 ?" k4 J我想那很重要。
7 D2 A* L+ I5 @8 z* y  E3 h! `But 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？
6 l7 N  I3 v- Y  M( l6 UAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ G# r( y& N& H7 v$ `在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
/ O) M4 z7 z2 W$ P9 wFor 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。
, ]5 K( }# d, G: w5 l# y$ tIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' v( `; J# e  a- B# }  J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
9 z' G# t9 K0 P, f$ l8 y4 ~为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 e% p4 x0 {3 `1 S7 EWhy did I get married?
" L- k( f5 W7 \" V为什么我要结婚？
0 L2 U( m& {3 x$ \1 WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- S, d; Y2 z8 u2 p+ K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。
$ c! h+ v# D4 P' X- eI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' L9 e& V: x! K- s5 Q" I我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  x* O9 R$ g; K! [& S0 z+ xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" G: s5 J, q( h+ @) Z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ U# g, ^+ j4 N( v6 pThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
1 H( p, z% [9 ?  PIn 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。
0 r' C# i5 X6 |# _1 i, y" [9 [0 @Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, a* `2 A4 D9 z& G5 g% ]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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ ^* b4 B  k0 I4 {( @5 |% c& R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; @9 L0 |4 v0 W1 D# v: B5 }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？
- A8 U. V, x4 _* a& DDo you write memos?
- U1 x" Z% C/ B5 m5 i你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ a. Q" F; O" D( w9 O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?
) i3 r1 r' ]% _  G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？