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.
0 r- p3 G' x8 [  r' P6 ~5 L' O有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
. T2 ~. J4 L, [; A1 S* n: r. RHave you ever done that?
: k! N, _; @7 w8 e3 n2 T你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
( D" X/ g. t  n7 [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.
- D  k1 X3 O, \- W: J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.
0 V  e" r9 H3 n3 H哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
! u+ u$ w' J# Y0 {这是一个记忆问题。
: w7 |6 N( Y4 ]- sI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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。
2 D3 |* s6 e4 ]* R, p" B5 M' XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 P. d: E* O( r  G  O; J/ t对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 P  A% V6 m" _9 V2 ~7 K( l: N5 z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？
, ]' ~$ ?' Q6 h- cWhy did I join this club?
: v7 {2 \& V3 x9 H! l8 A为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 j" H$ s" c! KWhy my friend was this person?
6 o3 T1 b  [  s) _9 s! a  K为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! h5 ^9 w, ^- M3 t) uWhy did I get married?
1 D% E+ g6 D  p  I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.
+ b( b! A9 G: P8 W/ L" t% v2 w3 P) K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。
1 {8 |3 O3 I4 @" B7 }) N+ @I think we need indeed remind us of why.
; o% I# c; W% [$ x% @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。
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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 [! ]4 c9 Y7 h8 {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
. n( O- B2 T6 f* NIn 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。
* ~% ?+ o3 L! }. T/ a0 uTalk about it.
8 L, ^5 G) i+ `6 r# g谈论下面的话题：
& m& `2 q  Z: W; U# GIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ H+ r: A  k/ H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
0 @1 O& r  n9 H. g* _6 J3 tHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( ~; a! P, K# c, CDo you write memos?
3 Z* Y2 ~% R$ x/ _2 R6 H: o7 S8 \: w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？
( d4 B. c# N, vWhat 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？
% p5 [* {% Q0 ~. I& @: x( ]What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 l+ B6 t9 K: p( \7 f4 T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？