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。
Have you ever done that?
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。
I 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。
( M2 ?. d& w* {1 [$ m' d6 q0 ?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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
1 @. B8 z: ~1 v) j( `3 p4 H- WThat's a memory problem.
: b+ e! q. f8 c; [% z+ S7 w这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 O, L5 E% H+ V6 s( {我想那很重要。
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？
0 d3 g# Q3 }5 ~( P5 C: [3 Z9 \3 }5 OAt 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! L' C0 O4 A( s" o3 y+ x' SIt'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?
7 _& P' w2 h7 u% u9 I为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 N& w* p, i0 }3 l0 gWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 l; K# x" T: \" k2 x5 Z5 i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
. w" |( M0 l; M" S' y7 W2 Q为什么我要结婚？
; f! g. p1 ?4 Q, v4 `4 M& [3 \2 }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。
; Z# {3 H7 g! mI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, H' n$ J4 S8 {# Z$ p8 ~1 G5 VOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
  Z9 \5 R& u5 z% }7 `8 ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 n; M$ G2 t6 j( G& V; u2 C4 iWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, e* @/ a, r: o: v1 d1 ]% F" ^" jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
3 Q" p* T" N5 i7 SThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
* }" z, r" f% Y, r+ I& v" tIn 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
$ `: ~0 F3 {" w3 `$ }; N. `5 d  TIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! B- f7 A6 c) ]! D$ ~3 }& a, w. H你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& T2 N0 r* H  B7 ^. BIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# N2 w6 M3 X) o$ A- F& r' I0 A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？
/ v8 E  {4 U6 ^& x& @! t1 f. W, lDo you write memos?
6 T  {- Z" [4 T% P, e! x! }, 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？
9 u" [/ q# \$ `# \) B! {9 o+ F8 LWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ l* {0 Y% P/ Q还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
& k, _! B; _" q7 s  A" KWhat 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？