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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
- J5 z6 A+ X" V' p7 y* o% d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 ?1 y; \  `. s% u# G! bHave you ever done that?
* c! k7 y- p5 s5 Z0 H你曾有过这种经历吗？
' Y, r) J0 r! J' X7 B9 EI'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.
+ w. \; P: L% T% X0 F$ M! r我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ g/ e' o) P  T1 ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* Q) H( T# X+ ?) g- J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。
+ n* B- _) p# `* b  W3 w/ h# {Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
* D6 p1 Z; M0 t% |9 |+ k) P, C, ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
  h- B1 _! Y! G这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 b! w( w3 k- X  k# h3 Z/ f% R9 S我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 j6 ?. [! q8 x* p' N: [4 p0 w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？
- w# c* R" s- \# zAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
. h! {. F) T9 |% {9 m在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 G) r/ H& T% s8 F' K& M5 iFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 x. F) P1 u! w对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 M3 |6 J. r+ P; @) ^It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 S8 I; i/ l& T! [) \0 l总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 X% r" A. d0 f! _# j# P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
* ~( Y! |+ e) n  a) x为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 m4 b& f' A4 J/ D' mWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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。
" e0 `* K- u& a$ ^4 X# j$ {I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  ^  y% Y+ R8 p+ YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ q, A' P5 h3 D6 F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。
, h; @7 Q$ h$ f0 ^6 x! C8 x$ H9 u( yWe 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。
. a3 I8 N  W+ X/ J* o* F' hThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 x7 {& ]. E  R问为什么没什么问题。
  n8 k4 v! `+ u- s" l9 o; G% AIn 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。
7 |  l1 b" L: ^$ @) ]Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
9 X8 G8 y9 C/ f/ [Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ N5 ?/ Z& X, i* h7 f5 F: n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?
6 j* B/ ~+ g3 z& j7 p1 W它是一种遥远的记忆？
" H# J7 S9 A' ^) `( B/ @% ADid 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?
- M4 J# t* f/ w% s$ b- Y- D+ u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
4 Y, g; a' k5 F7 g/ @# N你写备忘录吗？
6 }! n8 I* s* r1 ^* t. cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  G$ g  A7 B8 ?你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
1 g5 o. z, T  e) `What 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？
3 n6 j0 K. a/ S; y" z! H! rWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 ?9 F' |* h- z+ m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？