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
7 p1 w- Q/ \! |! l6 `, lSometimes 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。
+ ~  _* ]' \, CHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 J1 a7 q: l- W, X, d8 [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。
  @3 H- C; m8 w5 BI 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.
6 s; z9 j/ ?; S8 Q6 v6 D& l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。
# @' L" W2 Y  S2 |% rWell, 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。
/ O2 l- K  t6 {# S5 k% \That's a memory problem.
7 J9 G6 [% e% U- w( I- ^) W" G- r这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
/ b2 l/ |( _# f+ g2 k2 y/ n我想那很重要。
6 t+ ~3 }1 V9 r! Q8 BBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  z1 I# V; s, v3 Z/ x% Q* T( y8 M. P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？
( {  T8 R. Q* O( ]* {& Q1 X4 M/ C, KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 U) X; R5 v& P6 v& v1 ^/ o9 W9 X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.
# w9 e/ e& z3 t3 K1 d+ h. v$ 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。
& {0 |& j/ k  v( SWhy did I start to learn a language?
0 j# U4 u5 I3 X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ e3 c2 ^4 J7 o% A  p为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* x' ^! ~+ k  y% ]Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
7 n, ?# b* G2 t# [  v; U$ _  e- l0 d: yIf 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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
# e, R6 u3 ], t7 ~) D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 T1 h5 B! m+ K8 H) R9 E' P我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: o# s7 U. m6 c* u+ n4 ]We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' [; j8 E" L1 E$ a我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ g; G, i- L$ s8 |- LThere'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.
3 b' J7 H: R6 n; E9 G. i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。
0 `) {7 m+ `* ~6 L4 y: \' A! U0 oTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. n, R3 }5 z9 g: P) I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# h' k; z. Q5 Z$ z) T: J0 AIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. Y7 D9 g8 e1 A% W( I你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 s; ?" P7 g+ H4 jHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ g. M* i6 j2 i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. \' n2 o4 W3 H1 R, _8 iDo you write memos?
0 s; Q  X8 Y7 z9 N1 S5 f3 ^你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
$ h" @/ ~8 }6 g; B5 e你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 q) ?* ~  m6 ^0 D& y0 Y3 P' hWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
& ~% M$ b% p/ P3 `5 k# T5 r6 P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?
4 R! g( Y& i0 A" G0 U" 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？