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
. E) u. ~8 D2 U( C1 ISometimes 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?
9 R/ l. a5 |3 S1 l! [你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 K2 ^5 {) k* Q5 V8 q. z$ `( jI'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。
I 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.
( I4 w2 J" H4 x! l$ ]( n5 H/ P( V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。
2 L7 M' L" L! \% E, j5 ~9 P& QWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
8 d4 Z4 P) q5 S% y: S& [1 e5 m哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
& X, |6 Q1 n5 b' u" h) B& ]3 gThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 _- i" B  h& X2 A9 m! u4 @* g2 D+ NBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; ^+ i6 ~% L/ a  n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？
: J; l2 ^. r! s" ]3 \1 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。
  ~( L  G3 H6 W" Y, J# bFor 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。
It'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?
1 Y- A& {" |9 M+ K为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
' E2 E  f; X3 ]; b' Z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( f$ ?  I- L- Z7 dWhy my friend was this person?
) G; S) n7 Z8 h* u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.
" o( R9 ~/ _; e! K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.
  A) r: y5 Z1 ?- X1 O: U6 V! {' o2 O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% C: B! E& D7 k# {& M' [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.
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。
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。
3 g' f+ s! c) D9 F, L* ZTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, ^& |0 ~6 V% v' Y# uIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# \0 q# S0 F! a+ x0 l) k0 F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?
4 B9 ^! P: O2 G( x7 L它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ \* O; I6 z6 O1 S6 g5 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ S$ X% Q' b: I) }Do you write memos?
& O( `: ?- s6 Z你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" @0 r* V- l# K, 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？
" T+ y; G8 z" Q1 H- Q. w1 a) r0 eWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 f: q; z! _8 }* {$ ?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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？