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？
9 c2 a0 Y/ U# T7 i- \8 pI'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。
. y5 r* ~# w# ^$ o0 J; {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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
; D2 R0 a  C% A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.
% E# d4 U# u: L6 P* j2 A2 W) J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
0 u8 J- @7 c( V1 W8 cThat's a memory problem.
0 V( c' }- [! v. d; Q& b: B这是一个记忆问题。
8 T) k9 @+ J8 ~: F% U* PI 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, ~1 z7 q2 v( [- ^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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
% |6 Q5 E0 y8 \5 R3 H6 e: d总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
: F; v, ^3 H  }3 [' N为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: r) K2 |7 w( Q9 K! W, q6 d  nWhy did I join this club?
* q+ R, C4 R2 M" S. i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 d, l. @8 N: f5 J+ }4 |Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" I! ~5 E: f) T. s3 yWhy did I get married?
6 i+ u) j9 x/ T0 m+ s% x为什么我要结婚？
9 D2 W+ V9 ?6 U# @+ b% s5 SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 B( T- x* c9 G' e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。
. b, W" T$ B" B3 X# M) y$ s: L$ Z5 vI think we need indeed remind us of why.
7 d3 k: a$ f4 i- _! b* |我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  k1 @0 a& K) T- _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
# L* V0 b. k7 t# s, {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 @" T" X9 ^! aWe stop starting. We quit the club.
) A& Z& s* o; W/ E; @4 \* G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
5 B; \7 {! E" a. `We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
+ T+ \: o% P, I* E我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
# @4 z9 ?: i, P9 e2 z: c9 dThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 Z2 a6 A. N; O3 p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.
( ]2 O4 K+ H. d7 n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。
) C) M( R6 D/ F( v# xTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% e- s0 K* U: l  u5 O4 r) z* ^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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 _" K0 r, k6 T" B; u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
$ G% E$ q0 B# n( O" T  kHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
8 J8 X! L- A: r# tDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
4 K! H9 a0 l! L" n8 L+ Z8 L2 M还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 j& S4 Q! @  l# L# I" zWhat 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？