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.
  A, _4 U7 [" v& }" j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 Y0 K; h, x- {: C你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 r& C" F- p' k" u" ZI'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。
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。
# V& _6 K: H1 x) `& GAnd 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。
" p0 e: _0 i5 l- VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; w* W  V) R$ B* O- z9 K  Q/ A哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' v) o1 y2 N$ ~1 O  y7 ?- n- tThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& \* i+ V  u! ]3 Q8 ^I guess that counts too.
5 S/ z: p# p; C9 Q: b我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: F, P  E% [/ _2 K& d9 t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？
6 j6 `0 L) S2 X* \3 v7 hAt 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。
! H  g& b$ o7 S* B% f7 Z. {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。
7 D. k/ v5 C) I. t: A& }: G+ BIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' M# h1 P* k% |4 b* u0 E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？
) D0 K9 }+ B' fWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! ?% ^$ S' j, eWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 k2 g& O7 @& ]* A4 p! \0 n. dWhy did I get married?
3 E: C* z, u8 }7 g; d" 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.
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.
& J1 D) |: @6 `5 i9 O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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ J" A' z( ?1 H8 N7 @6 c' _' H: a" HWe 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.
1 l( Y5 g$ H+ o" d+ [我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- ~: y, {# h* i- SThere'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.
& _9 I% w) I* w% a' U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。
3 M" W+ W6 f5 S2 R2 [: Z4 tTalk about it.
) x/ s; n- j/ N% z% V谈论下面的话题：
* Y) A$ L2 x+ t. JIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- j+ O' l8 X7 o你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
! }9 f; B; |$ u$ \! n8 b& ]0 OIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 n9 K! ]6 J7 t# Z2 W7 |5 fHow 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 y+ `/ I6 p4 {6 `8 FDo you write memos?
1 N  s2 Y, A8 F3 K2 c$ w" q7 B你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
5 \- Z8 {9 O+ l, gWhat 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？
/ g( K. t* K. b5 h: XWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ ~$ T; w( |- o9 L, d6 {" p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？