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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* [5 @  r- j# s1 \3 x有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
. Z- o' S# M1 dHave you ever done that?
9 G- n3 A( a# o0 e$ E你曾有过这种经历吗？
, c% O. {2 O) K6 j& p3 pI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ y3 `& p! S" R+ O* T& ~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.
  x/ @% @/ i! d; a7 y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 s9 U8 V: w; X8 n8 SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, c- S4 Y/ n( Z7 \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。
! Q! g1 s: s2 ~6 b! i4 xWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  z; ?4 ?% `4 |, E! N5 j: q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 K: y0 t% Q7 M" K1 k% h8 _That's a memory problem.
  P" T' _) t$ N4 \; N这是一个记忆问题。
/ j+ _: r5 Q7 a. N& t' |I guess that counts too.
! B- r0 Z1 B2 y; M! v. Q& x5 o我想那很重要。
4 v# `# }. M3 l$ E) dBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
# D: x$ l8 v) S7 u- m2 A9 B- LAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ f! @4 e* \& a3 W: J0 |, R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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
" u1 V  ?; {. V+ l8 s! L; R4 u总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 L% ?" P7 D/ i% d0 }Why did I start to learn a language?
; T6 `# t% F, i- l% H为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 m6 v. u" U) j" }# b/ h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?
( L; ?$ l# M. l! z  {为什么我要结婚？
7 f, @9 n9 K+ `2 |$ {4 qIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ p0 u% @' p3 L) z8 E1 f, X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。
* W0 d% F/ t! x5 p" cI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 d! Z% n5 v% {2 ^. M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。
' K8 k* d+ V# m' v6 YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
6 X+ o+ p! Q9 V9 a+ o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ j3 D7 y( L: O我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ M  ^2 k3 y/ f6 ^. K6 m& I1 f* g5 oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
  z, L; X  f5 {2 v7 z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.
5 m, V  A+ @  f& m2 F" R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。
: |/ U0 u4 q3 j: uTalk about it.
4 r+ @; v7 u5 t' h1 f谈论下面的话题：
! q8 i& P* Y4 Y6 k- O: M8 ?Is 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？
$ H: S  e- I* l3 t, a# d- XIs it a kind of distant memory?
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?
, K$ K7 |; L4 @* @, h. C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 v( A/ u' T4 _# N你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% o! V& {; v5 I% Z2 `. ^8 g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?
9 G, G/ P4 B$ b: C; u9 v还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
+ C3 r$ x8 H: g, q$ i: OWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: B# l8 ?. b5 r) g* b你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？