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

+ c5 r9 @3 v9 b& \) D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？
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.
. c0 Y: G  J6 [* y& p3 @/ n6 i8 C我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ Q8 q+ n9 X! iAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
" w$ g/ X; `; i9 W4 CWell, 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。
4 e, g3 n  X; Q3 O9 R% D0 zThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& h1 x& B9 B- c) Y2 a; iI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ Y  c, e1 z( T. R; Y9 z- Q% n; O* j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？
7 N& r+ l! ]( t0 R8 ^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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. U# P1 k; G$ [5 K2 m2 s对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
* v: p" Y( N6 @: d总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
5 \7 p2 n' s6 H6 h为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
0 ~6 S% W+ T. r4 f2 X+ v4 |. p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？
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.
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。
/ Z( N4 g8 S% v7 HI 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 A! r3 l: L( P6 @. u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 z' V2 }! @, H/ ?  A7 sWe stop starting. We quit the club.
2 e) z5 g4 I: f1 r我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 Y3 i9 R7 j0 S/ K9 e" q5 W" H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。
  U7 E$ q6 {4 c% E9 y2 @Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! H7 |0 W) @: s5 m  b- Q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# z8 o+ {0 m3 B! q. vIs it a kind of distant memory?
' x& V) y& H* \! y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……
- T6 l. B/ s7 g9 m! }. ~9 R2 AHow 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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& G/ z" f8 o5 J$ F9 q1 N0 Y你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
. @: _; F7 g7 y8 u- XWhat 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？
5 j- Y# L$ N; m6 @7 i1 j+ j, CWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
. V1 j& g# ?) 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？