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
; W% A+ V8 H6 g) f/ ZSometimes 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。
* Z) i  a( ]# c8 R% }3 d( @( N8 j; EHave 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.
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 [& h* N6 N$ d5 U# \2 ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( p$ `% {  C" V* c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。
& }! p$ b/ d, q5 R% \" lWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& F! Z0 x9 ~- P1 R5 c1 M9 ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ {4 M9 s+ V2 {: JThat's a memory problem.
- \( ?" K* F4 a- ^+ v5 y& j这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
' K) ^1 N6 @& r: U# @5 n- f我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- q; S& \! H- p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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 H( o' ~6 ]! W4 l5 s% E# dFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! l% u& d, Y7 O  X. G3 \  b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 P. R* T: h" X! A9 B* I" oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- p/ B; v' G3 q- `8 \1 ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. f1 T0 T# Q  x# u& N为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, K! n6 s+ P3 d# `0 T: A9 K9 ?3 a4 V为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- }' I/ q& i5 l4 ^Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  m2 u+ y1 T) J2 S2 MWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" h" U0 A" m" o6 bIf 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。
8 q, [) K2 D- F7 H+ lI 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.
5 ?) E1 i% ~4 v  z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。
! d( m4 t; ^& b7 n( H$ U- MWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 ]3 C7 x  g3 u7 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.
5 _0 {" c7 d5 Q. e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。
- r) ?1 F) W6 \9 \. Z( bTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% I3 b9 p2 c$ n) S9 c% I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
7 [3 @: A6 L6 L0 T! YIs 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……
& f! j7 \  N4 D% R$ |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ x( ?/ F4 o" B  _1 T+ x2 L* I  I你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
  N+ U  n- `. r# r你写备忘录吗？
# ~3 F3 Y; u) a; ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! G2 M; p0 p* p你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( d6 ^" J7 A! k* h$ q2 z5 ~9 O2 cWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
2 l& [, r  d$ t6 X' `. s+ n还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& G2 p/ u/ T: iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 m" k, {" \9 u) G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？