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.
- ~( Q5 V. ]+ z* O0 z0 c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) x5 u0 B* J; @3 FHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 k7 q* k/ F) E# E6 a, m3 MI'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.
+ |$ g8 E" ^9 X6 X/ m. V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.
( |+ ~  Z1 K% e% ^5 O5 t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.
3 p0 {. k* B: ~3 K( o  k5 i2 T哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ u( y" [8 W; J* F1 y: tThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* {; [7 c6 m- d# B1 G我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
" l; n/ i8 e; K0 _1 H3 V! X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？
5 k2 y6 w7 `& m: n! n7 d8 nAt 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。
' v: ]. [8 }9 V$ O6 f, AFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 v' C) R2 v( ~" ~- p1 j对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: Y5 _, S. u8 CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 [* L7 E) U+ x4 c0 u. h$ ]! D  U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？
; S8 V, q8 Z0 A: kWhy did I join this club?
! w" Q4 C- n1 Q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! @: u' B: D/ B" n/ k6 s) VWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
' K" A; s1 ]! Z' B2 t0 K8 Y为什么我要结婚？
3 F" [9 i: @& u) K1 V9 U$ R" WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
" k8 T( _& `) @1 _: e9 c$ U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。
0 P7 W) f, k$ q8 _' `" j$ r& yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
, @, Q8 U+ A1 M7 m# ]- R0 a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.
0 n) I. `5 E: _* ~! E: M. I否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 r! \3 Z, \3 f8 k% a$ O我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) J/ ]" `* F- 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。
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。
& x1 L* w7 e3 X6 `1 {; r4 u. x. tTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 ~! }( W' o7 W7 X9 t  qHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 \6 r) T+ r; h& \Do you write memos?
: @  X  U2 X5 |2 K# h; U6 O. k/ F$ T- \你写备忘录吗？
: P5 R) O, _  G4 rDoes 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？
1 x" N5 A: ~  ~6 }' d# K5 YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, k% N$ k9 O2 `" d还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- r9 q$ h  k2 n8 B/ lWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
2 _* Y. H( e( A, t5 b你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？