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
' S$ n! Z4 w3 }' h$ L+ p) mSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 F2 t7 n* J: e有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
: X7 `; Q7 d8 b+ s7 J; IHave you ever done that?
. A$ J" T9 R" z- x- Q$ K0 i% M% N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。
! d+ V) N# x% U2 A2 T7 ]. L3 cI 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。
And 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ V& {/ w" Q% O/ i哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
  B- V- z9 G$ `That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
5 P% s6 u# j6 W# k0 X/ E: CBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# |6 v5 I& T/ I- T' x9 ~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 V' q, w4 R% Y: mAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* ^' e3 b  G$ T) j( V6 l# d在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
1 N. N0 }. M' i9 z4 D0 UFor 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。
5 z4 O% i4 a, \1 QIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 n; f) @3 k2 Z# I8 u- r% TWhy did I join this club?
- }. F( r7 U5 A9 _为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' q5 J% F4 K& H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
! r7 A' B  C  Q- J$ a! B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.
" `3 ]! h4 J- V* D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。
3 ?* B5 T: y! X6 j2 ~8 dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ D1 D: Q9 w% Q. @$ r/ t; z* i! X8 B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.
/ B# w  R" b. D! U5 R0 u6 w否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' X9 x' r- h  q$ w5 JWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# B' C' O. m$ q% t# \2 ?4 jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
4 u  N7 \. d- S$ x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 R' f  `9 d( m) x% V' ?+ SThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
, p+ A6 I  y# x! F2 p! J5 q问为什么没什么问题。
1 B1 I- Y! a: z& W: VIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
/ T" A6 d- E  Y( r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。
6 U8 A. H0 O0 q& A" UTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% a  W6 L1 {: [$ {! T你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
. k7 ?1 w6 ^: [: O' _Is it a kind of distant memory?
7 C4 X9 h0 b4 R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……
5 A+ M% Q5 I4 _% o" a' n+ [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？
* c. b0 h* r, W1 Q# g" pDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
) z2 t0 i, l& j. [+ yWhat 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？
* Z8 F/ t  n( J0 ?  }' y8 y( L8 KWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
8 l: g+ n% A; m. A你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？