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

! [* G" E9 l. P$ H- `, I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?
  G. F$ M4 ?& U! D. V你曾有过这种经历吗？
( C2 D) {5 @1 d. Y3 P; o$ b2 YI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: D. J; O0 v0 B) d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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) |; j* G' x3 o& z" WAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
  v0 w6 n, a& h: O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。
" j, H3 }9 y/ O9 b* yWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  ~. `; Q- `! X6 {, L. l8 c哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
8 m# d4 }: V2 G1 c+ H这是一个记忆问题。
9 D+ j: Z+ q! C- P$ bI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
3 J- d* I" M: M, sBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 |" y; y$ y9 T* w% J. U# K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？
* a. j' ~  ?) {; PAt 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。
2 p+ U) ^9 a7 x& G0 c' _3 hFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 B8 `- A( S7 _: H* @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
& p$ i) m$ b( c2 O8 ZIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 U8 J& `+ N9 Q& g( N, y/ _总是可以问问自己为什么。
, D) h  `  h) }5 DWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: P, k$ h7 O8 bWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 y# o( c  M/ X! a7 `+ F; C9 oWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
, _2 l6 c, e3 q9 \8 i  V: _# z$ vWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ f6 w- O( V; M4 P我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% K; W; M: [; x. W; a7 Q# f: COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 c; W' q. L: h& o$ C8 o* V) C' i5 ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 |0 Z  M; m! L' p. o, C9 ?/ ]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.
0 h( _1 q! O9 w问为什么没什么问题。
# e+ Y3 I: {+ ?2 ]) S1 ~In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 b- i9 x. d3 W% M) X6 k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。
% K) @% r6 f' \9 i& o0 x( iTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# P/ D0 j3 r( K你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# L3 U6 b1 z* q9 @Is 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……
  b2 f: z% d  `; r& tHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, v9 T9 `7 j3 {$ ODo you write memos?
7 R  z( G7 c; A; h你写备忘录吗？
+ K+ ~* E  |, f2 l$ _# ~* |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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! u/ O& Y4 [! h. P" _. o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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？