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
6 _' A4 O! a4 ^; fSometimes 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?
" h: n( Y: `7 n你曾有过这种经历吗？
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.
3 u+ [$ t$ ^% U! Y+ a) P& v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.
2 Q) [* Z3 f0 b3 l- ^" h- g( E* S, [0 A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。
0 Y. D9 u2 h# o: j! K1 x' P+ `That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' O1 t8 Y2 z5 s0 {) JI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 D) }- U/ L4 j& `5 fBut 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？
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。
4 n' ?" r  o2 O" YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 @8 e, o9 U4 ^+ }( L5 O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。
+ C, n. J4 d) K$ P: W# L- f( m6 MWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' j7 `# }+ Z* Q" d0 Y$ ^6 h3 ^) a  ^$ pWhy did I join this club?
8 y. j* e6 R5 k3 W2 b为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' H5 B) w% g4 _7 }( iWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, _/ Y9 D8 `$ W8 l4 ~Why did I get married?
/ z1 G8 X, U% a为什么我要结婚？
# j  }" I5 w2 z9 s! HIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% S7 I& \  F1 \1 R( V  u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。
9 I6 R# Y, t/ z& }& B1 uI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
( i6 ?' j% V7 M* N% G2 R+ B9 k9 K否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 T- A" t* g7 l3 \4 C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, V2 ~3 @6 ^( m% r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。
7 h" V5 t' H* D+ H! {, wIn 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。
2 w# G& a" W0 T9 CTalk 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？
3 S* ^- E, J/ `: m( g. z9 aIs it a kind of distant memory?
% K" b( U, x8 T2 w, T它是一种遥远的记忆？
" [4 N* I! d; l0 nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 v8 ^, Y( T; A# J9 uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, M8 U+ r2 y4 A/ r0 K; ADo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
+ E) B' f$ b' \5 h$ t+ YDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: {5 }# S) K' ?( G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？
; r3 A: W6 ^' `' C4 J0 b  [8 OWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& v( ]$ A6 E" p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？