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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1 o) R) W! i& g, P1 K, ~( M( i记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- J1 H" f# `8 U3 i1 y% R/ H2 C有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 {9 f6 v. x7 Y) r' L, z你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 D) z* L2 X7 ]8 c: aI'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。
- c' M9 i7 H. d! j# ~7 E0 b+ zI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
; v; N$ g6 M; ?7 ?$ D* X我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ N5 }7 j/ l4 ~% J; N5 O( e8 nAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 c* z8 \1 ^& Z+ j1 D. @/ l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。
/ x9 k' c4 r: ]# w$ n* \0 aWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" B' C! W( w" N$ [哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
; n1 Z' J7 q* [, s" b6 h/ q4 B这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
5 a- m! o  `% Q* C* V我想那很重要。
7 s+ D6 p  a( mBut 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？
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.
' k. j) b+ K* H( h# M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
2 g1 C+ S% J# u5 d* ]It's always could to ask ourselves why.
1 m0 F" g) r, C$ D总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) ?$ ~7 P% [/ U6 F6 O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 R8 J/ I: i) \6 U& GWhy did I join this club?
  M2 u& K8 T- n/ y( i' j) Z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: K9 ?" ^2 Z2 B5 m; q( RWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 O; N3 ]: `% y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.
+ `7 `% {- u3 i( C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。
, Q# A8 `. M& ?  F/ J. C: BI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' F6 c5 p- f/ x/ nOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 y5 i) b8 L: ~' x* }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* J! G7 h8 i: jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. V* G6 L" B1 d0 g. T我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. }0 U- D! l$ ~, p- h5 jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
+ }* R. G/ J7 b我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
7 `! ]) U" _- ?3 I- KThere'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.
  W9 }; D  C" @. g2 O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.
- n2 w0 I& W- |8 G- ~+ }谈论下面的话题：
: c3 ?0 s! O& {$ F; W6 ?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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
- a" K0 u: f8 ^9 b' O8 fDid 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?
" p9 H) H! D' [* r7 V, ^. I+ ?2 b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 B4 j6 B+ o; X; Z, X3 M1 W* {5 n9 vDo you write memos?
6 i" z; k9 N: T  l" O; V. @/ x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？
: Y, g; q9 X' NWhat 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？
; L& L  E( t2 P9 ^; vWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  y7 ~8 ~! {# B, h; 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？