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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ o7 S4 m  ]# L! u2 H! S你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- u; m: V; b3 h4 y2 f8 q' D8 A4 q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! i; R% T& Z8 G: {" wI 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。
/ @$ P9 Z* E* \1 s5 p1 F) u1 FAnd 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。
% Y8 b9 l4 ]' u; ~Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) q- u+ {: o1 o/ F3 O2 Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) l& Y1 S, x* i" ]9 xThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
' h8 f( B/ R  \3 V  m; i; w+ qI guess that counts too.
' W% }% \+ ^) c5 Z: f2 n我想那很重要。
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。
For 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 f+ J* ]- }7 Y( O( ~3 H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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 w. ]; g0 l, m! y# q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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 R) X1 l# {. ?: @' T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. E1 G- Z" [$ P  w0 SWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
% }  q2 ?! c1 R9 a8 ~5 U! v问为什么没什么问题。
9 I) X( |. A- ?In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 e3 f) z% ?9 S, b& g, w  Z# q, 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
& N, H  P3 d0 uIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
4 X( l2 I2 _1 {2 A, {; N7 R它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. {- o: _& e( I% Z' v你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 k+ J9 P/ ?! sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 D' Q, _* O4 {7 r, V6 h7 o% ^) q+ f& dDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
/ s$ J8 C3 w; H) M你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
; i0 _; h) [+ @0 O3 Q7 Z4 CWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- X7 B# f9 A( s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
! A2 H. o9 h! ?& C0 @- v: PWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 r' O& E+ J7 v3 e你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？