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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/ {$ N/ k2 D+ \3 Z0 T7 S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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& U( _/ w' m7 ]$ Q4 A/ ^" n' ?% X4 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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 j# J' x0 F; Z. T1 E' ~' z; Z我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 x) i# t$ @* q) l4 N, f, nAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; d# L; |, l7 n! [( R+ _6 ^; 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。
# p1 L' r1 q. jWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ k1 P# \7 x" T: o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
" t5 u$ S2 P/ o% h" l: ]# |" W0 H这是一个记忆问题。
0 L' k$ G4 M2 {- ?I guess that counts too.
! n) f' i: f8 x! H我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 W+ t+ y$ L/ y  N9 Y6 T9 s) P: D1 R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.
. G  k: @; z2 F0 m$ M) H* G' s* q, n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.
8 Y3 ?/ S& q5 S" S) d# y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! [& X1 I3 K2 O3 y) x, I! M6 pIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
. R; n, f' A+ o: ^. k9 r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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？
/ L: q9 h3 e9 m+ [5 X5 O+ lWhy my friend was this person?
; p2 @9 g' k8 Y为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 K% J2 |) Z! T8 KWhy did I get married?
# R+ q1 ~* d4 A. o$ Y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.
* F+ z; k+ x$ V9 v! F# ?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。
9 i+ i3 o: E1 xI think we need indeed remind us of why.
6 y/ x$ }4 H: G  F! [% o4 V" B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.
- e* m: j: k' s" n1 V) e- o$ N否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 I5 O( M- k& R4 p! i6 BWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- V/ K; a- X& X; w% t# X- g3 W/ RWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 x$ l" v' t% n: \7 q我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
0 r9 G- g, X( x  D" fThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- s" s" I/ {, ?# jIn 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。
8 H: r: c  h* N  D3 S' rTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
# s7 Z5 [! [( F4 h% 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
( O2 s8 W& k% ]  EDid 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?
3 N5 V8 L% u; I( y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 l; {) q6 c- \+ _* GDo you write memos?
$ u% b. S# |- K7 s  N你写备忘录吗？
8 |8 \% Q& J. WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% r, C" ~+ x# p$ 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？
& y, `9 Y: K+ c  O3 BWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; Y0 G6 t3 j& }( |2 z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?
2 }+ V4 w6 W8 D/ Z% \你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？