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?
- G, L8 {7 E3 p5 J4 ~你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; E9 S. S% J# c/ ]& }( K我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' t/ d3 I6 y$ I( V6 I" y5 sI 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。
) H' L+ E5 I$ f' Q9 V3 H/ aAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& I  N* J& V' o' u; {8 ?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。
) S# p& `3 L: L, m6 FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
/ P6 U* F/ Y& H% g3 b哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
, q9 R" [, n9 d. B/ A5 D" e  E1 q. IThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
+ O8 K# K2 a8 U% E1 ]5 Q% o% {% \7 bI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 G, \; \  F3 a% T# j; lBut 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？
5 m6 B9 u- Q, G) `At one point, there was a reason we do something.
) ?1 D3 i! {! q* [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.
( ?6 H% P( e. ]& G3 ]' n对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 z% G' [3 C( J/ l. [; jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* _, S6 y  T& b5 V0 Y4 N4 R总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
$ j0 d5 ?; w* F5 I( Y+ `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ d# }3 k$ C, i  g' \1 IWhy 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？
$ e  d0 U4 Q: l( {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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ ?$ ~& F1 H" }: h# b: ZOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' j4 [% t$ O; m' v! @# `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  Q! f) r. x  j8 ]* q$ WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* J$ [7 H! v. g* p+ e2 m7 jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 f7 D3 i, J' r7 w/ A2 D我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There'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.
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。
1 |3 o9 r7 k. t  @9 J3 @Talk about it.
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
' F" x5 D6 `) w' ]它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 z. k3 T* M7 M6 d6 y  K4 dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  ]7 k( @8 x( [! x3 Q* g" S) VHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( h# C6 `" m$ X你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
, K6 L. d. }  c! d: UDo you write memos?
6 D( c* p- m" t( u. `* L. {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: l) U$ B8 x, j; x  t3 C  w. p0 D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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 r1 g: |4 f- w# [( o2 rWhat 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？