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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& R/ r$ S. l; U5 j+ `记住我们为什么做某事
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。
1 _2 o7 h; K1 O. m9 \! FHave you ever done that?
# Z/ k1 _3 G1 V你曾有过这种经历吗？
- k: d$ m2 G9 a( Z% fI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 d9 v) T, l) v- b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.
4 ?1 l1 b, c; d9 R9 ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 a. \# a5 n0 i5 z- X; [! w, mAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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.
* R2 m/ ]8 c6 \) R  ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! }# a! r) ^2 g7 c# p9 eThat's a memory problem.
$ P, @1 u( f* z* R7 ~- M这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* `/ ^/ `' A8 Z# D我想那很重要。
& X5 Z" N9 G. Y/ ?But 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。
$ V/ F# L2 d  R/ X& E& [0 z7 F" AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ |# o& V+ I# {3 x3 `# f/ Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' w$ t5 t+ M/ y# `8 n, Q总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# X9 Q# m/ L5 A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
( h0 T* V% k4 L  T% I$ |/ A为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( c0 f1 o" u6 t, GWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! B" k/ m9 W1 e3 w8 I7 {Why did I get married?
9 K/ Y& \! j; b, ~为什么我要结婚？
0 a: y5 h5 f1 F, nIf 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! w& A% j. C' C4 z, {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 E; m8 U& N5 |1 X否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 Q- b, m0 ]( xWe stop starting. We quit the club.
+ T6 K. e+ b9 s9 m, }9 N. F+ E: W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% ]; r+ }- r. k! x- Q. T4 E; J我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# V& J: |, O' q. L5 M8 kThere'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.
+ Y3 N5 K6 }+ D1 S2 y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.
$ Q/ v3 }/ S, P. a. E1 G' _, `谈论下面的话题：
: m9 T9 {5 I" i0 Q! s' kIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( |8 E/ f3 I" ]: {4 F6 T$ e% H; `( {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?
7 s  j; d! Q. S. z1 X  W它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 M, T# C" D2 Y5 v7 L  P% _' E" `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 K5 y+ ~% t$ l% }% z8 Q$ N8 B6 X: `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ w% ~* F  `, g/ U4 b0 IDo you write memos?
4 |. p# G& B/ D, x3 l7 P' o你写备忘录吗？
/ h7 C% z! d  R! X; u' ]1 K. |Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  q% q# ]7 a" {; W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?
. `$ S# a9 H2 b7 {. u6 I还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! O% Y& }- C( n2 t( A5 FWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: }1 D' d( U$ z6 U4 o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？