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。
2 G7 e, ^9 N$ J( y0 |* C( V3 ^Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ D1 C8 E! Z, }5 b# K0 H6 RI'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。
7 {1 ^' C- J. @9 }  ?2 ]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.
: Z0 U) ~( x5 y% ^0 d, A6 v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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
: ^$ [' J, X3 ?3 T4 O1 @2 GThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
! w  l/ Y6 `& s4 I我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, @" g3 [8 G9 x9 i& \) o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？
1 S: n6 X! w3 b3 E& G/ oAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* c: O  Z7 U! u+ G  Y6 p2 Y; n在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* k! z1 X8 Z& A# n; x; U7 dFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
. Q/ c: o* V  O3 L6 M% U3 B* u- c对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 }+ ]% v" h, d# OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* _& a2 @" z0 f" D2 M. s5 y总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 h7 E- ^2 ~' c. E/ T9 S& kWhy 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?
4 C8 u1 ], A) D0 c" u7 E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 H2 t5 b' P7 `8 V2 }3 [: e$ {Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
+ Z: I+ g/ X, ^) Z# h为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- R: `# k5 J5 l' A- s" a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。
  e* R: _1 T# \5 `+ \, d4 VOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ ^+ S* T: k2 l" S4 F! a4 k我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. F7 c! ]  `. k4 [1 AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 F4 B: f; \4 u我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 s4 p* m7 r) Z/ k$ ?6 U, `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。
* `; `$ t  Y4 n7 _7 H+ ?2 B% {Talk about it.
# Z" t1 S' ^4 a0 Y9 l: k7 s9 ^谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) x' n' t( V$ M; m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 A4 G7 |5 a1 f) h. Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
. Z8 `" l8 @5 ]6 BDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
# U) i1 K5 H/ R' @* Z" V' L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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ R7 r% p% n. x你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 D& T3 H* T& D8 r: o7 V5 S; pWhat 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？
( p. Z" U0 u8 ?What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 D7 g3 u: f$ H# S+ m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？