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.
. y# G( Q" X0 v$ O3 P. W* l有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
0 h* }) l2 L* h" W3 K) b  W8 nHave you ever done that?
( b$ _9 C2 d6 }你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- X5 n& y5 ?6 A9 j' @: A0 C3 D我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: A9 u+ b: n1 G( RI 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。
0 O. w/ \$ L2 _  YAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; [1 X2 P* {4 g' {; X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。
: @7 d; ~# b! D3 G+ d& IWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
' |6 q2 Q: K/ T6 Z$ [哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 q' O! X- v, c. HThat's a memory problem.
( ?3 D1 w1 y$ g2 f这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ S& r+ ~! h$ E5 w& g4 M我想那很重要。
. H: ?1 h( c( ]1 L7 hBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% W" d, E. w3 X9 P, K9 W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？
1 p8 Z0 E7 Z+ ]) D9 q# `! XAt 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。
+ \' p7 n6 ^& B) gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 T9 U, u) B" F+ k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?
, ]  I8 U0 ~1 {8 e为什么我开始学习一种语言？
. Z: |7 I/ j) F/ S7 u. b( WWhy did I join this club?
! ^3 E% \7 f- [* ^/ O, e6 z2 N2 |% `为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; x# A7 m7 a2 b; `/ c3 ?) h为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& }. v; E4 r$ N6 m/ R# Z9 {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.
: ~- O: S+ ~/ l! |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。
. A' Q3 e+ h2 Q/ z( F' PI 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。
  H: ^" |6 u9 i! WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
* H6 m9 u% \& |/ ?  a& c我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 \5 v( K5 c/ ]% k0 [( \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。
; J- H/ c- ]* X6 o3 k' UIn 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, ~, B0 I+ `8 J& k$ `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？
% `1 `; m3 z. c0 q: L4 FIs it a kind of distant memory?
" r, B" C  \6 J7 d它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
5 X- U4 n" R) E3 U3 n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% @# n2 Y: I7 w1 D& 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？
; `6 `$ u/ D9 @9 h& ~Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; L0 K, Z- i1 F8 X% |你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: K3 W1 B! I+ {, B6 CWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) [" k0 l0 ~3 H- t1 [. tWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
1 w( @: K# k, Z' T; U' u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？