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
  G  D6 c: X+ [  _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？
. [' i* u3 z, `& {8 H( CI'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。
. M) H0 I! U* ~$ n& lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 E8 f* J# |1 N0 l) @我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 @' S3 }5 r6 k  {3 mAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: j# G+ b7 ~* ?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 b0 f" s  I# t7 DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
& C6 F" p6 F$ ~! FThat's a memory problem.
+ ^% D, R2 V, B" r0 B1 l! [这是一个记忆问题。
# f# W/ J4 N& `4 m2 S4 x6 D1 jI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
1 ~7 W5 e4 K* |$ O8 G, G( @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？
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。
2 R7 r8 s5 m4 W, l  p; RFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
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。
3 M+ T+ ^! v  e6 ~5 `Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
/ @/ w" M: S8 |1 p& i: m' iWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 @9 B5 A# f. F' S  i7 PWhy 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.
$ n8 q. z1 \3 D$ S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 L( K  c: t2 L* t. z5 D  zI think we need indeed remind us of why.
, j! H9 C& o5 D( H: v, y+ H$ H3 x( m我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 Z4 x7 D+ ^, OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
" Z5 ?3 y7 w8 L! s4 O8 M9 H" N我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# b% E7 c' t% M+ B# h0 q. e7 cWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- v; K( |6 V! f' s4 l我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ ^3 S0 ~3 ]$ v+ e$ BThere'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.
3 @8 o1 f; l, h! O: p* b8 G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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
( E* M- s% q9 C: H4 @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？
* C  v( I& ^9 |* j. m8 R# YDid 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?
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？
! k: M8 S) V+ o' d6 w. ~; P) IDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: e0 k% }: P7 V: m0 K# P+ \5 A; f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?
; R# u& u4 F) z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* M  u6 T: p& ~2 n; d  aWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 r) u1 \, ~9 B& U; r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？