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.
  z0 E6 ]) u& X6 M% |2 H有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
0 Z' H0 i9 Z8 N( ]+ E# o! {8 JHave you ever done that?
' D9 B! Q2 D9 ~3 q  L. w你曾有过这种经历吗？
  T8 \* e( L9 ]2 J; d' w& mI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. H# A5 v: N& Q. f2 i- p6 W. \我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: ?  T0 B* h/ y. k! yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 z2 b2 Y+ ]/ H7 W' g  D* @1 ~  u  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.
# k' _  X/ A" i- @) l  Z( 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.
8 I; n9 \1 O, J8 w  I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ @: W$ k( @7 i7 m# ], I9 i, P2 f) GI guess that counts too.
# }) m$ i  o& @8 }" ~我想那很重要。
& @& z  B% S+ r" e* G  y- F; ~But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 M3 t  e9 A! T! J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？
8 ^2 u3 [/ r& b7 n  ~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。
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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
! M% u( }! s3 R- x8 n$ jWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ m) R* _" [: v0 E: t; ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ s5 n5 r, o4 |, @# U( ]  {为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- G; Z8 S. J; w* a  b8 XWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 I8 m( u* K) G# [, B! d. x  j( i% }Why did I get married?
# B2 |5 K( X5 j  u# q: I3 ?& }为什么我要结婚？
& W- G' N+ a; T6 ]% R& L' Y, aIf 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.
% f6 p9 ?8 X4 a; h6 p- f& t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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- n6 a  t7 ~5 t" G6 ZWe 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。
' U+ b  t$ K* E; }& _' B2 K/ }+ b" kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
$ k4 e' m& \' ^; y  F! w5 iIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" `; N0 `2 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。
. T+ v0 l! }& s7 A" |4 zTalk about it.
9 l# Q' }. ]% U5 x  U5 b6 H谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* g2 L8 Q0 N5 C7 A7 g6 [3 P) F你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 w2 i/ U5 z( ?' G& n  p* aIs it a kind of distant memory?
! V3 C4 N% i4 ?3 ]  W5 G" M它是一种遥远的记忆？
  g% d7 I8 f2 O. C5 {2 }Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. S' s5 Z% B# k3 F, a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？
Do you write memos?
5 `, V( O# B1 D" T* h* w你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' ]2 b- }* s0 o# ^# d6 Z6 K1 }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？
7 `. ]6 @# f+ ]- `" 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？