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?
1 N2 e" I8 K+ f& L8 S% B你曾有过这种经历吗？
! {* U6 v( ^, ?) r: G& Z; o. \I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 u- d$ R; h& }我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 _1 O# L, @; k7 @! D7 D' OI 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。
+ _0 J1 R$ A) q$ R# sAnd 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
. U6 D% d( B# j' o6 V  C1 \0 ?/ RI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
5 c: z" l3 d; _8 g8 W$ [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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ t8 e( m2 `: i对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
2 h' O2 ~* _# \) P6 g2 n! ]It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
8 S1 D; V) S- p" P: L; \0 KWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 T: F) [3 s$ ?7 vWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
4 t% b: d6 A* V- \9 ]$ Z- C/ s* W为什么我要结婚？
3 c4 G8 T' O: ?: LIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' M) _3 C3 [# Z' z" I1 s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。
+ R  f% R6 F! R5 cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 O" m5 f. I2 s  o/ P否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
4 W8 x) a6 W2 q6 b7 T. e我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. M: [$ p2 ^8 t: JWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: G% X6 @' C& t5 `( }! k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.
  V; u2 K- X' z: z/ O问为什么没什么问题。
5 L- K% [6 T$ I4 S6 ]In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: z/ p5 R$ x; x# q9 o$ g  d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.
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...
- Q" X8 E7 L5 l" T% M" u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
/ y7 @; u3 I' z8 n/ {  `' M你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
2 ~( q) B! l% j: U6 tDoes 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 i, {5 d* [4 ?What 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?
; F/ @" y5 S/ l; o  A# Z, U+ P4 r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？