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
; l$ \% U* W* eSometimes 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。
: H: w% R7 Z2 |Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  B( H. V% I& G$ p4 j* `: j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.
6 `* _8 G2 J0 `2 p& h% x7 \5 W我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' `1 S# Q: W  M' }7 m& g! cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
1 d, _3 f# c+ x6 S: Q3 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
/ y/ \! O1 f8 u; x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
, w) c( ~/ }4 e# H  X9 f: k2 }( u6 tThat's a memory problem.
7 ?. K4 k1 [$ Z6 I9 u7 T$ {6 `这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
  d* [9 o. @  G5 W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？
4 J3 f. u4 }* S4 C' ?At one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 i' M$ m7 X4 L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.
" e9 n! i. T3 y- `) y/ v) M" Z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。
5 M0 a& B- i' o* o0 gWhy 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?
  b: c- `$ i; j' p5 C为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* X; y0 I; _% r# t" }0 x2 JWhy my friend was this person?
9 H3 x; X7 y# I0 x1 T* c4 B& s$ E1 Q* V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( Q) ~5 h/ o* z& q6 D* F为什么我要结婚？
* r2 h2 Y: M6 v! {7 g0 X1 oIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ ?' L! o0 c) d2 Q+ Y# j( v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 L' r; H! v! n( E3 _# wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
( F6 p" @5 ?4 m4 p我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& B8 y4 s9 K8 }: h- |Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
# ^* L1 A3 f! K0 C% T5 q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 Z+ l  ]$ u9 j- H' B# m: IWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* B8 z9 p$ q! I" e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。
In 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。
2 A6 H* L" S' @2 C" l, F3 x# e0 i3 {Talk about it.
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？
  m: e0 b* C* X  WIs it a kind of distant memory?
/ Q1 r. r: z& H0 {: {它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ @- ^& E" E+ q' N0 XDid 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?
4 E# g5 \5 F% @& Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, M8 ?; ?: C) m% N8 L7 nDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ J! K( _8 f6 k7 @  i, H$ ?+ uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% }/ j0 x; l9 J1 E2 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？
$ T6 O8 }- ]1 UWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ B7 A" T+ R$ N& w3 F' v% H7 p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？