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.
/ N* i' u* r* |4 u( S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？
4 J5 _* I* L. {3 c* ~' v) m: zI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% J  h8 i7 M5 w# ~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。
" H) [$ c. i" _9 x9 o5 \( G9 w1 _8 ^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。
6 g- r6 ]9 K# Q$ QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
8 e$ \' S& u) x* L( j8 A# M& FBut 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.
2 e# _$ E/ s) r6 {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.
/ X# {; X7 W6 [& M3 A) E对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# x+ }& w" }" Z$ `* l; ZIt'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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
2 _9 l0 O) h8 c3 T4 }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# L4 A7 D0 c6 X3 sWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 s3 t3 C1 j4 [: r7 W$ c+ xIf 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。
( D, o! {" f' \2 P. v4 u: EOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& I! v5 l8 X" |, Z* w& a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- ]. Z( P" [7 r3 gWe 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。
  w) V) o3 U' N! E# q3 tThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# m6 Y9 p* ?6 K" o# U* p问为什么没什么问题。
; F+ V( b  ~2 Q+ R" k. kIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 X$ \7 R! r) A5 B* S8 j# u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.
# Y. c6 O& r4 ?2 g" s; K/ ?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？
3 z3 s  m" N" u4 b! Q7 c+ Z! Q- zIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 }' G2 \/ O! R! E  U( U  V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……
# O* ~5 U! r  {8 I  B$ ?How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* G% T( \6 }* L你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
) t6 U; z! u1 U* D5 b2 e5 J1 y2 i你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, x$ K6 N& J; L2 [9 q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 R- y- T- [3 O$ l' d( fWhat 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？
What 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？