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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
" x! `& c  X+ z/ e! y3 F( a% m4 KHave you ever done that?
& \  W5 m$ x' k* p8 J5 I你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 y0 e1 U4 S4 y& C$ r7 K& K7 {" tI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, `0 S  s8 a# p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.
- g/ ?( X1 _; Y! }我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 _1 G9 F/ C" R5 L4 [And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 D$ x$ K5 u1 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
  G+ E2 W, N+ N3 m  G' o$ Z4 ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( T$ X% F0 i. z; g+ G" f) e# bI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
/ b! {+ W0 W$ @) q. t, rBut 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？
" e+ U/ e* m4 l$ s5 x% f/ L! ]At one point, there was a reason we do something.
- h8 C( }  ?9 T* F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
( d; Y* g2 A+ i2 y% M9 w; @& JFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  H) b8 B4 D# g) a7 q2 r# v+ b6 u对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
7 w7 v1 u$ m$ T! TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- G/ h' F7 S" S& @9 o- Z3 x总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
6 l' F4 v" m! L1 c为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; J5 I) h- |7 ~  PWhy did I join this club?
& |6 M: c+ u7 s2 p4 r0 U" `为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ u! n" e6 r$ |& |Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) W2 E( X* @. e; yWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
: M0 U& |6 {$ e  ]2 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
$ y' A9 J4 Z! K我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 r7 W( G* T* UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& m5 b( ~- j! ]- w0 R1 A6 @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; \' G& Y) n* i$ q6 L5 S, [我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 {) f: @* v) I- O+ K% g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.
6 H* g0 f5 F. b7 e8 @问为什么没什么问题。
: s1 P) I; o: l: `# hIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; [  d$ f- ]' P/ _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.
, w* p' q# d! j8 L, @: w- V( F谈论下面的话题：
" w' [) J6 O8 M, v7 q: m" iIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; J  q: X! R3 K7 {6 a' ?# h' RIs 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……
5 B/ ^& r4 d  Q. g, m+ r1 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( B; M8 k8 E; z4 o/ SDo you write memos?
, x+ q$ \2 ?. M& y: Y" L: D你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
% d, L: J* T. a* ~: j8 p1 J" r* r8 wWhat 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？
8 r; _' P. q0 W/ _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？