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

记住我们为什么做某事
8 ]3 C& _5 e. N- s, 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。
+ a; g3 z* }  z# jHave you ever done that?
) t% C3 [0 a  t9 y: o5 H4 I# z你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 J9 w$ x. B  a8 |I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( R( K" C6 N) o- T! `( b, A8 t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.
* q' G7 G7 z  y% r$ \9 y0 s, ?$ N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# k5 J3 D" ^) b, [And 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 G& {! D& g/ D7 x3 ZI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
4 V  k8 O9 t& |But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 z: R3 J. g6 d5 z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.
5 \; c% U# d( Q# ^% ^  k. O在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 D, c) y/ w$ ?/ q3 hFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 e8 k9 @" H" g1 p( K: K' e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。
' B1 S$ O& Q& ?4 NWhy did I start to learn a language?
' h! ~: C$ Z; b为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) p9 t! e6 T( B1 u1 l5 M; r' H. NWhy did I join this club?
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？
2 a" |! R& t4 s: o4 E5 b  EWhy did I get married?
  p# [/ W: s" `为什么我要结婚？
" g, n# O+ S: q2 G. X' `# fIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: D' Q, j2 F! O* ~# s$ O4 E$ 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。
7 |3 L- H  r0 G( {I think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ E4 @. J' v& v- G# @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.
+ x" u8 l1 W/ m+ O; o% s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 E, G- g# V* I/ D. _: _5 v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" l4 [, w8 [5 P4 K! v/ z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% W/ v- d# M: s8 F; S& z4 EThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
, G& p; t6 G: A3 v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。
! h' }3 z5 m* G  N* TTalk about it.
* t3 o: z* b9 R7 U% S! y谈论下面的话题：
4 N) V) i+ J* I" e/ m8 l9 m+ q7 e) Q" QIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 Z. Y, U* {1 t# Q5 Q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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! Z, B$ D3 J/ z0 j/ t; {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# j7 {$ Y5 z2 _! n! ?How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  w4 L; R; m. x' U! h) N8 e: x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 v6 C( I+ e3 y: H) d# w% {Do you write memos?
* _$ h/ k; ?: v你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
) I6 t* ~% e% ZWhat 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？
# @7 y9 B/ z* ], C7 P' [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! b$ a/ Z5 ^' ]- M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？