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?
; E+ E7 h" A& w, \# C0 U1 @你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 H/ j8 [3 O/ d, SI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 R; }9 X, ?( d$ m" r; U5 S我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' p- j) b& L- T, u( i4 m, OI 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。
+ w% b; Q6 C, q3 `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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& f4 J3 R& C% w5 j2 J' H9 l& ?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 q  ~# P, Z0 H# M5 LI guess that counts too.
" E% _: f9 Y5 v: o& K6 r我想那很重要。
0 G) V4 O0 L( p5 v4 zBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 P/ ?+ Q/ I2 C: t! W1 I% r4 O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？
2 t1 W8 x1 c0 V( f, ^( I4 F7 oAt 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。
$ s& e9 o9 X' k: x/ W% EFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 y/ ~  U  Y' \4 D4 l对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 {+ {" f" q. Y7 ?0 S8 A$ S) SIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* R& \, F! M0 ~3 X; l. E2 u% `5 U' E总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ g/ D, @( P0 s1 t, K& yWhy 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?
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?
) y) j" C  e) a为什么我要结婚？
2 G+ W0 K* k6 A. Q4 l* qIf 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.
" i1 ^& Y) w4 _; p* K' S" X  t我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& m7 U  m8 t' p* o' ZOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ G! i# |! K0 h1 r% J$ Z% R  HWe stop starting. We quit the club.
+ _$ u% f/ N0 d/ {我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 l2 _8 I2 M& p* X8 EWe 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.
( g/ @: N. F. O" E  l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.
* W/ g7 Q; Y7 K) c* C  O' D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。
/ r$ \9 v' J! y" MTalk about it.
8 c- D$ P4 p* G( T; x# O/ g' f谈论下面的话题：
4 V# h+ L* C2 k+ f2 {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! \( J7 y  G; Y0 d: U0 K6 L. y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?
, J: u4 i: Y. n4 }, V: {它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 ^1 |+ L5 S9 K: |: h% u* L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  J, d: T5 M- [) Q& d( {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？
3 q$ w# j5 b( `3 `2 S( W' l, ]4 A$ N! fDo you write memos?
6 O2 a' q. B/ x5 J& a: k( K/ D. O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？
! e( O& [2 }( jWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ ^) C3 C* S  |4 T: D2 e* Y还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 q  T0 a) y% a9 ^+ {/ pWhat 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？