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

8 j2 k3 w. H$ p( a6 N* t% Q记住我们为什么做某事
- E; _" Q8 V6 X" }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。
' ~& {+ P) i& V4 _" d- I9 |+ ^Have you ever done that?
1 y4 X. S8 K9 M5 q8 x# l+ n0 k你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ s; j1 g$ A! t, b4 ?, e. u8 F4 g7 X3 B* ]I'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.
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.
* J5 t1 y$ c. E6 [3 _9 G6 @* x4 |1 W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.
/ L( z# U* F# M' ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ z6 I5 a! Q. L1 G' `That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
8 F, t, Y. X4 r. R- nI guess that counts too.
0 W4 J. D) }, C0 K: C9 e5 K, M9 B7 H. E我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% [; F7 m% r- ]0 I6 q; X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.
' D+ I) m$ ^( K! K# [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。
4 b0 S1 |% f/ x' pIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 Z; R$ e. }( j0 L( u9 t7 E9 eWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 l  r  [& t  e7 M; G" w5 x为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
" R. I; {: e# R; s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. x4 U% l/ P1 {  PWhy my friend was this person?
8 Y7 Y& j" J4 d" H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
5 m) @' y! S3 w为什么我要结婚？
+ `8 n( Y+ T& U" RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% y7 `9 X. C3 o3 b2 Z8 S7 p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.
0 F7 M: y" B4 F. d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.
8 Z- u3 J$ i2 D" Y7 M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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* U: m# x2 C. U0 S  K, \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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
/ n4 ?2 |$ v9 ~4 ]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？
, B" V8 g7 ~9 B5 S' P$ HIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* b2 C2 |% k$ r% S% ^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？
2 ^" S% X' K1 b* F# [: ZDo you write memos?
2 {+ \7 Q$ y. i! h( t* U你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 f- e' V* M8 k& `" ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
5 m! y# x5 {1 Z& r& `5 j2 TWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* k' l( }+ z) B1 O2 x' [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?
; }/ B, M5 I# s: T- G( F. ?" J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？