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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. _1 k% P! I6 J; |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？
1 F) K4 b' f& d% C  a4 N- X; ^: RI'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。
4 O" a& m$ b+ |' S7 d- h  KI 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。
1 t' S# A/ C: V0 Q+ Y6 [$ m  A/ 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。
. U  N2 p$ H3 c! Z3 K! N# u. j6 U& M( GThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
! ]% X; [7 s- b- SI guess that counts too.
* i' r+ B8 z: ]7 x& V2 }我想那很重要。
+ y+ X% q6 {2 [: b7 D& e8 [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？
9 Z! ~6 i! |; ]At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ I& z/ i( @2 i5 T3 y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
$ J4 P1 H  W( Y& s/ |2 OFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, r' e, f7 X: n6 x% W. F3 }/ j对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* \. R, v4 c: Q6 {0 t' ZIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
3 x6 m8 m1 p3 G( u+ n8 C总是可以问问自己为什么。
" C8 G+ d7 V# b) S; F! r; c( A& LWhy did I start to learn a language?
/ N/ @/ H3 @8 P( F& I$ v/ P# v为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
. i- X! ?0 z' N6 _3 C为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: }2 x9 r( s) b  s4 `Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 H5 P; \( y' K8 ]6 sWhy did I get married?
: {6 v* p+ q& L, Z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 G7 ^9 V& b) z+ Z# T" Z7 q, b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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 H3 I3 [! N# d9 Q/ m+ oOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
( `6 m8 p5 ~6 X5 V1 L' e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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- p3 G8 \' ]; p; ]! v5 m/ q1 R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。
# k/ c( @8 E. t' a  m) N( B: UIn 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。
4 L) l( @' [( o. Y! vTalk about it.
* j; C8 a# h: \6 C1 w( ?谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! t# Q; `  K; `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?
6 x3 u" I( g1 A" f0 k3 G" l) s它是一种遥远的记忆？
* V) H9 W: @! t+ L+ a4 n' SDid 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?
# I' C6 B) z6 ?2 v5 J$ X2 X7 |4 R你写备忘录吗？
$ p. t5 D7 p  oDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# E5 M" E, r* u1 a" ?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?
/ v  e2 d" N! U% z7 i4 {你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？