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.
9 P9 s, U* w2 ^/ H4 \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- J/ J+ s4 C, }) ]; ]9 S0 BHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 V; D- [/ s4 i6 ]+ YI'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.
$ z, Q7 U+ B% N" ?* X' {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.
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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
9 a8 m1 v9 n" Y5 {6 R! N  `# m; k这是一个记忆问题。
; `* J2 G( o7 q  y) H& ]I guess that counts too.
/ T" q1 {" ]; F/ q我想那很重要。
3 d9 o7 V$ y5 p) ?4 j4 lBut 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.
. ?# i9 Q4 i( r$ F! P: M! W4 s4 [在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 r' l9 k% h% p8 D6 YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 g0 R0 W2 n9 j, a  F3 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 {* F* i6 Y/ h, fWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
: o6 ?0 P! @1 {% w9 b6 H  TWhy did I join this club?
' c) C$ l' P6 p% A3 }' Q9 {  w+ X3 ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 g# [/ s9 W) T6 v" Q" K+ W$ ?9 [为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" |7 Q% t" b: M0 n( Z6 vWhy did I get married?
# o+ P6 ^8 a8 X# w7 P8 O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。
3 ]8 u  R* D: f1 S- NI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# a$ Z  u8 P* Y+ V( c' k我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 V' ]$ L  q2 G5 e7 B* dOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% ^% m  B; O6 Q4 L; J9 d# I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。
/ ]9 p& Z* `6 @$ k" MWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" g3 i( R* ]2 j" eIn 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。
Talk about it.
$ t* M( R/ h0 X+ A0 z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?
$ [, q. C$ ^  I5 H9 @它是一种遥远的记忆？
. Z+ T9 p0 b# A, R! N" B  ~4 y# f% K$ cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 l' X3 _( h3 q% W7 i9 p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) v: `  y  _& u5 Z( N) `2 O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
/ X/ H  A# k5 i4 s5 n, Z& A4 F, ADo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- j( {3 I; s7 N( X+ g! H: uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 F9 l5 y5 R6 ?, X( ~! Z' c你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
4 i$ w+ J% |" O: Y9 J8 i4 uWhat 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？
  P* H- U5 R$ d  KWhat 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？