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
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记住我们为什么做某事
; g, ~+ j( m7 r! W# Q  bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 j# x6 k2 x2 I/ {1 o2 D) ?) ?有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
0 A+ s; W4 I9 h; |- a# vHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
( M# T8 q6 [/ M' ]1 rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# j! X+ N$ P* S3 E) F我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
/ v9 k) R$ Z  k+ Q5 k. Z. r* ^5 eI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" Q" [3 Y- a: g( D8 C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.
6 O- \: ^5 ^  _# o, l% l' N. d哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
4 @3 k: h( }1 |1 \' a" S/ _这是一个记忆问题。
- X7 Q5 d5 B; q. ~I guess that counts too.
& ^1 n# y5 w: ?0 N+ h0 O+ M我想那很重要。
1 h1 R0 e' e; e5 V. [2 z0 w" u  Y# YBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 S' z# i8 I2 F; g. Z3 }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？
# A; b8 _' Q7 ~; Z, J/ k0 M( wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 l) H4 H# w& c+ e6 W- c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.
2 @4 z3 ]9 F; ?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 s$ ~8 U" f* G% ^9 x0 n7 W总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 |( m3 B5 G- T$ u- mWhy did I start to learn a language?
, k6 a2 U# u0 R6 o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; I% d  k* D1 ^" dWhy did I join this club?
0 h4 c" w1 G5 a) Q' g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?
为什么我要结婚？
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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 @  _) p$ O1 Z3 e- o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。
& V" d& c! [8 V! `We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. v: C5 N3 A" RWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  {1 X! S- Q1 `# j! u3 c我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  x& n6 C9 p$ n3 C6 Y3 ?There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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。
- b1 s1 q, i2 ?+ O( P" W  qTalk about it.
( h) [2 R$ D* ?) X谈论下面的话题：
" w! E/ }4 M' f. 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
& l) P- I! c- m4 G- g  ODid 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?
! Y( m. T4 i' a6 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 @* @5 w, c! o0 Y$ FDo you write memos?
% [5 Y3 N- n) J$ P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？
: j7 v( \4 u# s, P- {/ `What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* O* K* M) ]. |$ o& i) n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?
$ n7 [* [8 s0 b6 [( r- R# q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？