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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  s$ O! l  j+ Y# Y% f) \Have you ever done that?
6 J9 Q+ X/ }3 R' a9 H! [你曾有过这种经历吗？
' n* I9 r; O2 Y7 x4 U8 V. AI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 _, c8 v; }( D+ \# s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。
6 D2 B' O, I. a. Y0 ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
) M1 u1 J: T7 @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。
9 N3 n( _" {. z1 ?0 U1 tWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. b$ M7 {, f( N5 v. N哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
" C  |+ B3 R1 \8 H+ d5 JThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: `+ o% f- j, G& k6 N% C+ EI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
1 O' \5 b$ D9 B& E6 U4 c; O- `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？
; K; c  T/ B' G* Z0 x( lAt 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。
0 x: M" m- b, T$ h! J# S6 AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& ~% i& z5 N9 H7 {对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 h5 C+ H$ G- L$ l% C( r+ YIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  x" c! K; K2 `总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
# F  K. \. R0 d, Y: U为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 D% K& E. Q3 r+ d7 g! ?1 |- _Why did I get married?
2 T$ L+ a9 p- [* t7 |$ A$ l为什么我要结婚？
8 {) k3 ~( p: V5 V& {If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) e$ g$ o" _2 n3 Q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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 G- E  \- }) v  S$ y9 ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- q1 H8 S1 L. g1 F5 KWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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 {2 m+ k4 l! A+ d7 l2 b7 FThere'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。
- J+ H/ s. F# A& j, h0 qTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( p) |0 ?. ^2 A! S0 V4 m( OIs 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?
. Y* h$ y" g: `它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
% b) V3 y8 u, |+ r, ~3 L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 ~2 g6 J1 J# A! _* n; Q/ nHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. E, _$ Y5 }3 p5 z& c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; s% n0 I; P8 ^Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
* z5 D* ]- E/ kDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 j  B& z9 F6 ]/ K# W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？
5 {# r7 e% f5 LWhat 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？