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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! c$ y8 @" |. Y$ o7 s/ w: I记住我们为什么做某事
, C4 l! j* V1 a0 [: l2 }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。
" I9 Q" r& R- y2 T& w2 q6 T& o% ~; j, OHave you ever done that?
8 g3 a- K1 a7 H$ b1 N3 p你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 f  u8 M) D. z( z& B  kI'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。
3 j* R- p4 X: U* }6 }: AI 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。
0 @7 [% U% c5 d6 E) x7 D7 cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
  B3 x* r  D0 \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。
; `% [" D1 ?1 F' JThat's a memory problem.
! J0 t2 L# q' y! R1 P' `: g% J这是一个记忆问题。
( f$ U" I) h# U0 i+ SI guess that counts too.
, D" P; f4 H) E* T! r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 f# D' }' k8 I: [, a" O4 B! h/ O; i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 u9 Q$ Q7 }; u3 i* Q8 yAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- d$ m9 k$ l( P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.
: P) ~! ~. D+ \/ T5 Q6 n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。
! k2 M5 Y% z/ x, g* AWhy did I start to learn a language?
' c# ^. F( U1 x* r5 m. {3 V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？
7 C0 r% ~) I7 ~Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 R/ L7 x  J* [) d, VWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
/ s$ S, q4 C% X) R* DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ \- J# ]5 I7 \; t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。
/ R9 d" a% ^8 t) ?4 T& Z& ?3 B% I9 TI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" h9 A# ]/ B" R/ P8 E1 }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( s) z- T# s% {: |$ N! POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 Y& o3 W; ?. G" L9 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ C5 Q& l3 ^) w) _0 {: B( r. kWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' c9 d  b5 p; e, `0 a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 V4 \* J: u/ M. HWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 a4 N6 s- W# c7 w. ]: p( X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.
% F& N. s* Q6 D6 D" p6 z7 Q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。
% P, X6 W$ J" h8 ]Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
, W5 E$ x  r" z5 {' r它是一种遥远的记忆？
: F3 p9 s' F9 ODid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; n& K0 t& p" S9 @9 d( }/ S6 A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  e. [$ t- P7 ~5 p7 s4 vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
2 c2 ]  P; V$ J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
* t! @4 ^2 n$ u- u你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& H! F$ [% D8 _, E& G/ N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?
# `/ o, M* ]2 r3 A* |2 n' A+ {) _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？