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
( ?+ \! c- Y* `% B; E5 LSometimes 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?
4 C) ^3 {0 T! f2 h0 Q( U你曾有过这种经历吗？
& ]5 U4 `9 ], E; q4 m7 A& ^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。
0 t: w* ^# |! k* NI 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。
  C8 u( D% H2 u. T/ j6 h# x. HAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ d7 P; s( k2 Q8 |' `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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) C! X3 C3 P0 O& F/ b* q, K7 J这是一个记忆问题。
) [; M/ E/ H6 H7 s; _% _6 _0 uI guess that counts too.
" e) o# ?6 B' }+ t" M' G9 K- b我想那很重要。
( I. c! a! V3 e+ T) o7 sBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. K& F; T6 u( a5 A/ r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. ~; u- N  y5 o9 C; iAt 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。
7 D4 m% m- C0 G% d2 h% f0 N' PFor 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.
0 d  {( j0 g7 D) z0 {/ n2 L总是可以问问自己为什么。
" Z7 i& N, L- i* w3 b4 KWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 T# {& A  g3 f" s! S$ Z- F; O' C8 xWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 k7 S/ j3 Q- k- _/ s/ I* W) _Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
4 l/ i# _5 o2 I9 g4 S2 x为什么我要结婚？
6 h1 E1 R! v) v1 ]0 tIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
, [* N) E, Q0 N( ^; m# z/ i% P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 b# L0 x$ \" T' ^* SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) E" h% Z2 O0 a0 B' HOr 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.
9 t) k9 n/ k( x6 R: j- I6 h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。
Talk about it.
7 O! [  w, w$ X& D* K谈论下面的话题：
( n' b. e% R1 W6 YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. d' y$ @9 P, r你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
8 y) j9 n  ~' K  m9 Z4 jIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
; Y5 t5 }" {9 d+ z3 S4 I, BDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 Y, T7 \% w" K  Y1 s& \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？
$ h2 k# I' p5 `9 x3 rDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 _8 p- x  A/ h2 R" qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 D0 B5 X, _& z3 v. d4 z+ q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?
) {5 I' [0 T0 D  q7 y% X4 @2 x. C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？