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+ ]+ h  N/ _1 \4 ]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?
7 q/ k$ t6 q' q# k+ ?' R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。
) _/ H3 A( Y) y7 LI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
8 P& W4 H; U+ G, Z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.
  s4 A% K/ ^. ]* ~4 Z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。
4 h" a, S2 ^% B/ H  Y" mWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
7 r; I7 R; }4 |, ?我想那很重要。
& m+ j) L( j3 |$ N# i, G# zBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* V( g8 X  r2 v7 t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.
+ x6 @7 g. A$ H4 P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.
$ \* }' y% r/ S对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, n+ p/ ?) w3 o7 D! D7 V; p0 {" AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 s7 T- L  Y  i) t/ a6 MWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 K/ ~" ~9 _" ]  i( m( }5 @为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; ?3 C' U: y, }( d7 jWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ |5 y, [8 |3 ^3 e- }% d. {为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
( n4 E" U. V( V" H4 n5 f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。
$ k9 Y* |; H% X5 K, n9 _* rI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ i9 n. |0 N  E" N; U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.
" x+ w( M" Q' q/ T; z8 l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
; A5 u; G+ T, o& p0 Y( e, p我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* j% ^* W# m" s% \We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 q8 U! K7 v0 ^" L$ Y3 x我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
" c* R7 s4 n1 s5 h, U3 Q2 zThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- |5 q# k1 s0 I- R3 hIn 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。
- U4 ]* w- r" @2 D% t4 j' ~+ C6 s" M" sTalk about it.
6 d0 J$ F+ t8 a2 N' L谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
+ N5 O: m6 s: s7 Y- ?9 lIs it a kind of distant memory?
( Y- R: X* z9 l5 q/ F1 P! C它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ V( X& `4 v3 B7 IDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 K% {2 e! e2 A4 C2 ]How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: S: z) n9 o. w, U+ S5 y" q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
8 Z: a/ C3 ?' G) O+ p+ B1 ~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？
/ F: v; W; q4 [8 z3 uWhat 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？
0 S( [2 C6 a8 E! wWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  D$ E/ B: Q+ ^/ l% @你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？