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.
# t) e: E& e& [# e% B9 u! c7 u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* f; o! M4 Z+ d  kHave you ever done that?
" E# U7 `5 y0 x( W. L5 j' Y4 ]6 [你曾有过这种经历吗？
2 \, X; v% d4 I/ Q1 ?5 B5 ]& ?3 CI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
  D: j. B7 R8 c: A( p1 m4 y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。
And 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。
# g, Q1 `. P5 b% YWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
6 m* P1 f8 ?1 D  @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ ]& H/ L3 J" u7 ~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。
% }5 A) V# [/ P0 D- N3 Y2 PFor 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.
7 v7 d: K% ~; u/ T6 O1 ^1 G9 @总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 A0 d- q) B! G; H& mWhy did I start to learn a language?
" v4 a+ W8 i7 d, u  [0 ?5 h, w/ @$ T7 O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  [2 Y# x0 w" ^7 F% R9 p. Q5 F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
$ e( b" U5 V) sWhy my friend was this person?
! F, ~4 a1 V: A$ z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
" ]% X+ p7 s% ^. k; y: V1 G! mIf 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.
# T  {2 y/ T) f. _! C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) d' ^6 ~6 n# ?5 p2 ]6 Y. e: DOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- k7 }1 b$ S' U, a8 y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
" d3 V: E: E8 N9 ?我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ B- _! J7 [) A/ V9 m, n7 VWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
, d  `+ ]% K, r- G& xIn 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。
9 p) y: g* D) E. C+ Q0 MTalk about it.
7 U2 y) K* |! }) y. m3 |9 G, a谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" J8 F# e# G) R' w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?
7 L4 p8 T5 y' v$ s它是一种遥远的记忆？
& W5 y. e( g6 G: C; WDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; F6 x: A( p* d% d9 \9 i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
7 _8 ?% T. p9 r- v# L6 GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( {1 _7 y) t9 e( e6 EDo you write memos?
. U$ _; M  x& X( e6 g你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" S, i$ h* 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？
2 U8 a& X% W" }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？
. X' \2 u/ u1 e9 g) I5 EWhat 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？