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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
) k+ ]  A! o  ~9 a. r你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 G. ?/ Z; ?# K0 J+ CI'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.
; x: Z( [' K1 X& X1 E& I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.
/ K5 s! Z% B/ S& b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.
. j# o1 T- v* L4 m0 @  S$ Z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# d0 R, p0 F  i. QThat's a memory problem.
/ V( w4 S: g* B( l) g这是一个记忆问题。
; H3 Y% e4 c& y6 J& uI guess that counts too.
% i9 I- O7 u# }6 E我想那很重要。
1 B$ A, j4 G6 L# i! t0 QBut 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？
, Z8 [% S$ _& x0 r* ^1 b, c2 wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
# Y8 H( A9 U  \8 f# {- e5 s  O) H2 X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.
" X  v- [: g. ^! h4 ]对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. r5 x2 ~8 V, ~( d* X$ i. b+ v1 V9 fIt'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?
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?
为什么我要结婚？
2 B$ v$ B, H6 D1 sIf 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。
: s; V7 ~1 I6 C1 s: LI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" X5 L' @+ n. \4 S$ u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.
6 j2 o4 V4 l4 |, \9 ~8 h否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 Z) u' }+ {3 I7 E, P. nWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# U& q- m+ d! M1 d. ~$ b7 Y+ {0 R, `$ D5 nWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 V2 r) A0 `1 M6 C; n  Z4 z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; w+ {- y) ]. V8 O. y* u/ m% e* R" AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ a: C4 B3 C  qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 ]* L- N; q1 K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.
谈论下面的话题：
/ y" P7 a  `2 s) {8 eIs 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？
( ]1 m9 z2 l6 \0 X7 YIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 l1 P9 F. Q8 I" \& @7 k, y它是一种遥远的记忆？
' s+ U1 \9 C4 m2 c0 r3 `/ D- TDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 {' K( g, n# x# Z7 Q你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! q' a3 ]3 Y0 H/ a3 ^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？
7 [" T- ~8 ~, [6 q+ V1 @# a9 n9 C/ |* GDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
$ ^  P& V+ z& E4 S4 L5 D) A1 mDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' D- _7 g0 ^! P1 c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 Y) M; _% M) X6 F7 n& z5 MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 h& u5 I' J" c1 S! E3 ]* I. @! I/ P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？