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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! Q  @( [. O9 n* r: l' j# {9 a! q记住我们为什么做某事
$ K4 A3 [3 s$ |Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
+ S4 z0 C5 ^7 F) t% ~( f有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 d, V  A2 q! zHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
- m, M. ?) _. ?3 Y- aI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  b3 D2 X" X- F3 ?  w我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
* v# ?. |) O* _2 A2 g/ h1 cI 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。
  g. J2 _% H# D" o2 LAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& Y/ n  u3 m7 [* z0 c* x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。
) L# A2 \4 n. l! h1 kWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
4 A: ~7 N" V, ^. e8 C哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* N- f$ t3 N5 }8 G3 U4 r8 PThat's a memory problem.
& Q* |1 e: t$ U4 y这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
( A+ L! B9 Q6 k9 C" ^, R" v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! l# N) D; ?2 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 j* P7 \# p0 l; W( zWhy did I start to learn a language?
; |1 ^3 H4 z6 I3 ?- Y5 q$ ^# q& o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
. Q7 H. R* v& t3 U  Q3 Q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  O+ O6 D+ a5 z3 o3 |7 Y  H/ oWhy my friend was this person?
5 K: O/ p. Q! L+ w6 `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ b/ D* L3 j/ [  K2 {# o5 pWhy did I get married?
! r1 {9 w3 F' |* X- d4 f+ N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 J! I& x: n( P. M) 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。
! d, N& y( s& ~I think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
* K" d! d7 @: \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。
8 l( I2 J* ^5 T$ _+ h6 XWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: O$ j! g$ C7 r: R, Z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 t6 A6 e' x3 l" [. J8 V. oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
5 _4 Q' Y& t- u( L5 `. ~/ g& ~% J3 _In 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。
2 @4 f3 o+ v8 `2 ^8 LTalk about it.
" b3 C% Q+ S1 V; _% I谈论下面的话题：
3 W. G' G0 A. HIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  J! h% V+ D( y; b  I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
4 g1 _' ~2 N- ZIs 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……
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？
: K3 K7 n( q( U1 g9 BDo you write memos?
5 P3 b' W$ O3 E8 }; ?2 g- ~你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! E! K( h. \0 J5 M" h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?
( N2 S6 O+ l1 [8 b还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( q+ B: O  I, W& Y0 P! t& q9 tWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& J( ]* u' ^3 z+ ^; F; s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？