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。
' G4 d! Y. z% T! w8 h2 OHave you ever done that?
0 X/ V/ S7 r9 J  k  }- y你曾有过这种经历吗？
. U- [+ `; |8 M; W, n  Z, dI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  T; e  D8 P, n8 d) T; ?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。
/ l6 N2 L. w' G& W: e5 UAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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 }2 d; A. p: P( u) S! V! iWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
1 V! m. V. r' P. U( q$ Z4 \这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
1 O# Q2 v6 L2 E& f5 b( R5 k我想那很重要。
) P: J3 w5 I# c# QBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& @3 [8 r4 |' W* ?! Y! _: b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？
3 ]& K: u4 r( N& xAt 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。
4 L/ V; q* r! ^7 DFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  @; l! u# g$ H8 oWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: H$ Y6 n- {( i7 RWhy did I join this club?
' o  m2 S3 j/ f% P" {' N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ C) ]" C( n/ \6 j$ \Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 m5 H4 p" l. [3 O0 _Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& \+ B. C/ `8 A& k; [$ \, NIf 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。
! o0 d  x. w& N: SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 E4 L: T/ T3 a- i) O& `0 W我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
" ]. z* j: y! r% Q- {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
& ~/ N6 K: a+ E/ i/ F  Q; r. l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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: P* c+ [) u0 t- M5 `! d" `: F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。
+ I4 d  H. P& d) lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. \9 O- m7 q, G* b) ~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。
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？
& r6 m4 G0 p5 t( j, d2 sIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
, M. I# N7 a  ~1 ~; ]Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' B9 E: M$ m7 w; QHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 k1 P- w9 X/ A) h6 e你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# V2 A- Z2 {) C! B$ Y: ?) ADo you write memos?
& m# c# j; @1 }1 z你写备忘录吗？
" p: I* X3 h* q, L9 [Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( y. \/ d, J6 u8 \' x4 F9 O& g; z2 e9 T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？
! C; E' Z6 R* `) D8 ]/ JWhat 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？