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

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?
  f/ ~: U& H$ H4 @" w  H你曾有过这种经历吗？
' b+ D! Z) s8 [, H8 xI'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。
% I5 k+ U* W6 lAnd 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) d# h' F6 H' J/ |* b哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 b9 \3 b  j( u0 eThat's a memory problem.
7 K% ~# |3 L" f. X8 G, {; x这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 F5 j" I& Y* l9 _2 I6 B. r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.
) s( p: x3 H' b. L/ i7 |' _& F3 I在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
3 X' g- a8 n5 R对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
% m2 [5 h$ s% c0 e9 W1 g/ V9 s& PIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
Why did I join this club?
1 h% k6 r5 x, [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  ^0 B  Z0 q, ]# `) P- cWhy my friend was this person?
7 ?% K! N, G' V8 ~& B, H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
9 o/ ~5 \0 X8 QIf 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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 a% A& l/ I1 i2 kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& `* ~" }( ?/ \5 Z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.
5 ~3 x! {2 P  j1 V/ D7 i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。
: [( V' q# I4 _% W+ \% s& j! wIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
1 D. |9 H% V9 ]2 a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. I) H% F. T, Y+ L% lTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" m6 ~' @2 H/ G% E# e5 Y: j' \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?
6 g8 q" U$ r4 B3 S: W$ Q% G! s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……
$ a3 L7 X) q+ n. G2 A: B- P0 C$ F8 p8 GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" G% U& |6 e( X. R4 H+ Y7 l你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. @1 w) T" Z, Y: }2 `0 j7 GDo you write memos?
& C; ]" W' K4 v# R( q你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" U) D$ f, Y8 i4 i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?
/ i1 s' H% \! {/ q& O$ Q" i* h还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' p1 b3 Y2 W& p; v8 K0 A& c  D1 N, Z7 q: mWhat 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？