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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ K( F0 v1 Y6 k2 h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
2 w+ n' o5 Z7 o( X! Q  @# x# G: FHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 h- t1 w9 T4 K0 a6 ?. ?- uI'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。
& k- J4 e% p+ }& yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ w( @$ D9 q: ]+ s0 b4 K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.
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。
  a/ {" J3 }; ]6 f" Z$ CWell, 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。
& @2 s+ v5 v7 e, S  FThat's a memory problem.
& \  Y  I% [( U! z/ }. L9 h这是一个记忆问题。
0 a, I0 p. |4 }( c' OI guess that counts too.
' e' Q' g$ i2 y我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 l% `; g2 W. r4 q5 N* L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。
% T( Y# P+ @( g$ c  I1 s3 e5 NFor 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。
0 l6 V4 |/ W* i6 d3 X7 NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 m5 d$ [$ E0 I# Z: ~, I$ L! sWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) S0 e, `- a3 f) r" U; [9 |Why my friend was this person?
4 h3 X4 `0 |; m  m- ]为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: k+ W& h$ k( U% M6 @Why did I get married?
( F5 I9 k# i# k: y# n为什么我要结婚？
  n( h6 |+ E+ s6 J% FIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' u/ O- t; s: A, i# z2 u: v0 @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。
' k; c1 \: z3 y/ sI think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ S* _" @) X9 T, s" U; H* l我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; X5 n  d  z& N/ N  Y2 FOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 g4 T7 \. A3 l/ J$ q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 H9 V# H. c' M5 x  U  |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 L* F" `8 ~3 {$ qThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
" P4 X) ^1 B. W8 v" _7 O问为什么没什么问题。
  W4 c* u  A2 q/ ?3 OIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# Z9 F( N7 ?( `, o; L9 E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 `$ ?! g% `1 U. v: DTalk about it.
- H# S- {: E# B( u" i& Z. \谈论下面的话题：
  o0 L+ I& H+ t* FIs 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？
7 D5 m' {0 g$ ^. T$ n+ z; o: {) FIs it a kind of distant memory?
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……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ X" K  t+ v* T2 v3 E你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* I+ g- x) k7 X+ E- |$ ~! ?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？
/ ]8 W! O6 j- g- k' d2 xWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 u0 A" L& u! H) x6 [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?
% R9 D* Z7 N0 L: d) r, C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？