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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8 N2 s4 o4 l3 R+ l: T; B记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 r/ ]. o$ i! O- \" `有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ X& g; d4 H- e- C; {% K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.
0 ^- F# k! {+ O: w3 |7 d3 Y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
/ R4 z2 l, U7 ^0 w2 f! SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 S0 a( s* s: a1 ]# x0 e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。
4 d# P& a5 G+ ?. B5 U, {/ MWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) F9 i% i6 ]2 O哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ \; J% _* t) J4 `# W4 P. LThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' w6 X1 x; b! g, f( n7 i- `I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  t/ q! i5 c6 f1 o( s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？
At 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。
+ F' t2 R/ o7 T+ l/ P$ |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。
. b' y0 N$ U# G* p2 |It's always could to ask ourselves why.
) r* u& x, t  }% ~! D2 p" D- l总是可以问问自己为什么。
- m: d# C6 f) b0 c+ gWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 Z; o& e3 q: h$ H# o: @为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: ?% T0 D1 n0 c3 \) [5 CWhy did I join this club?
. c2 q. |+ z. R4 P为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: E3 q8 s5 b3 ?3 d/ B! \# I; m0 JWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ [$ t( z0 P1 S3 o# C9 V3 c! S/ HWhy did I get married?
! e+ w/ i3 k4 R2 D; Q) |为什么我要结婚？
; z, a" Q' m; A. l1 N& v2 LIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ `% B0 r8 \; T4 K9 _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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) N; Q3 K/ H7 Q# E  FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
; n2 c" P4 y( J$ K$ S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. d: n3 {& s/ y* A+ u& v  b* m' NWe 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。
; M/ q, B$ ]$ D0 ~( C+ lTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. S- T1 o  O( p. B2 ZIs 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?
+ F) S& w/ G9 w它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, f7 X2 p3 `( V* j; X, H& E$ {% @1 l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？
8 s0 u% {4 q' X- \1 K8 ~Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 x: ]4 ]! ^+ R2 L  w9 GDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% ]$ W" z7 G+ `1 Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
  n4 S' N* C8 v; v2 JWhat 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？
4 M. y, o' a, C" xWhat 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？