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?
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。
( h: G2 O7 [: W3 j4 O) EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& K5 y' `8 R+ w: {0 H8 t6 j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.
- s  B* g9 `% y: |) F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。
% `" O# |. s% B# g- MWell, 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.
, Q# H0 x4 D- Q) j  I8 e) c( U这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ C+ C% ?: L% \, @) s4 u3 Y" a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.
- D/ r( H8 t/ r! h! U# o; P/ b5 {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.
" l* A, y2 Q2 x# G6 T* c* l3 u对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
7 x" z) K( e- @It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 \0 o- B1 l2 g  q5 W0 ^) 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
+ e: A  ~% Y5 _# {* \Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* B+ e# w5 m# @# cWhy did I get married?
2 C/ K1 {8 G- Q' U+ P! t2 s% D为什么我要结婚？
2 E* u* m5 O3 H. ]+ i4 A6 @! OIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
& I! y; H0 C6 E) w8 P& ?! b# B* I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.
  q' Y3 ^2 [4 p9 `$ {9 Z5 @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.
3 f6 a3 j# x$ f9 `' C7 C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 h" W9 f0 V! P- A; V' |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 M$ Q5 z  L, S3 [9 A8 _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。
- X: M3 c7 f9 ]( Z. p% \+ G4 `7 ]  pIn 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。
) [( j/ N& Y5 wTalk about it.
4 w; T. k$ ~' j# a( s0 o2 R谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 |6 C5 _4 U' Q! |& }- u: 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, B* x$ p9 v- ?) V/ T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 I$ O" }8 M! m9 E1 t/ z; g* BHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  W7 X; {2 ]6 Y- [2 S- V6 K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" T) }; r$ g5 F% N3 z' MDo you write memos?
# }- t: f" R) v, I0 i5 a  o你写备忘录吗？
# [8 ]; o% a! F$ K9 sDoes 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？
: j- \* [' X9 i( T" h8 H7 \$ o4 bWhat 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？
1 h% s3 `* P1 d! w; G  qWhat 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？