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

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。
Have you ever done that?
0 t- a$ X$ }1 k0 B& r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。
7 ]5 O$ {" I, ]1 A3 e' |( XI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( L: f$ j& I/ c% N) v3 J: S我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
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。
) ^# O8 u7 ^6 f9 ?) cWell, 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。
. Q! x6 ?. m7 o; U4 T6 V4 n3 i0 c- iThat's a memory problem.
. V7 e4 X; j' d这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
1 X& `9 m( `& L8 v2 G9 e. H我想那很重要。
9 Q$ ^7 t9 Q; [* h" TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, o  e& ?) Y( B" P2 i6 f2 _( I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？
- H0 n& v: E# YAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ ~2 {, l) N, Q. K3 R在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 y# s( ?; h% J* B) y) L1 ~" ?' y9 i( G0 pFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 {6 M! r+ Q/ Q- P# n. p* x8 V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 [7 n( Z% V0 d5 i. ^9 \/ l- `) oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
3 e3 s% q1 B/ j& B; j( T总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
' Y3 t' i# k7 u9 b8 E% K( ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( L$ A" Y/ j" W7 _  sWhy 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？
Why did I get married?
' {  ^8 ]( V' H8 c/ z$ s2 `为什么我要结婚？
, ?" m2 g- X; v! C" I  O1 sIf 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。
9 W8 ]/ \- [/ BI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 \/ J9 V" |; P8 A, m+ R8 r( g  t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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 W# c$ {7 _; K* a5 _# TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
8 t0 |' y0 c1 ]# r. w6 [我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' ~* x+ u5 z4 T3 D* d! S我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
, M$ q+ s2 W) D' gThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
3 r3 n1 d- R. K( C. `0 N问为什么没什么问题。
6 K5 t* h9 k4 Z% vIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; N$ L8 Y0 @0 s) q/ S7 }) h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。
( M* w1 j, Q% T  s2 k: O% U* mTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 y' U/ F2 P  q0 Y. Q( ?# h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?
5 x$ C% |# M) t% w# ?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……
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?
* }4 w+ H1 A, h" M$ A: J你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
5 |9 H' \9 f0 e% [, ?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？
3 U& k" X7 [. r$ J/ Z5 AWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
% I2 B+ m% ?& [7 j; W! C; r8 g3 p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？