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.
( n1 U. K) C4 A- J& c+ ^! O有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ h- u. P( C8 Q/ x5 O9 `2 DHave you ever done that?
/ z9 T5 R: W; s你曾有过这种经历吗？
- z- L8 P1 D+ c! `7 ?I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ Q( e4 i; L6 d, i我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ p' L8 ^0 w+ CI 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。
" x9 i+ s/ S; e! m/ ZAnd 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.
2 r- \; N# ?1 F9 r0 w哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ e  q5 B/ A( d$ f- P$ N  x- X) e- A/ mThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: ?8 V2 \% \$ L  OI guess that counts too.
  W7 s% E( n9 E/ z$ u# `我想那很重要。
# Y  X  ^2 S6 UBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 H4 s# Q' J$ h" H9 |# X2 v8 U0 n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？
* w1 j( U/ u+ I# p  H: m9 k  B  rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) p; R6 b5 d: l" }7 q2 P' h, W; Q3 {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.
! V: `/ o2 \5 K3 {对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
" }4 Z- O; v3 v. F2 h$ ^0 {It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; ^  s2 q' c5 o! `2 {总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
- r4 g2 r/ E, O. O2 N5 e为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: ]5 x3 i$ X8 u* |- P8 v( iWhy did I join this club?
8 A$ O5 \9 ~, \7 S8 x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.
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。
0 R/ g) m5 ^% q( kI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# l. T6 V. ?* ^# Z0 KOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' Q2 z7 }2 i" G8 o否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' l* S) A6 b/ Z0 V9 K) M8 QWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; x( d9 {/ ~8 a- F- s1 s我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
7 h( q0 Q+ U6 e' cIn 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。
5 k9 o/ C! `  f4 B4 Y, nTalk about it.
/ z+ Y1 e) x3 ?  R谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
" x0 M" U6 [, q5 R" y' m2 rIs 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……
7 L4 S, U2 Q' w+ K' `, R/ ]  ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 [$ i+ A5 [* Q' ^0 T6 r" A1 ZDo you write memos?
+ y/ l8 y, N2 [7 E# F9 [/ u你写备忘录吗？
& }6 V" S! w/ R5 ^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？
; J, G$ K" @: }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) E# g# }3 m  R# J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?
8 W0 w  A, N" P* r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？