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
' F& X1 ~7 M! q; ~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。
. b$ R8 z$ I! }  _7 F3 ~! K1 RHave you ever done that?
, O& }6 B2 W! A, E: l你曾有过这种经历吗？
% i5 S2 P0 w8 B1 y2 u6 JI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; m& x7 D3 m5 S+ S2 b) Y: PAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 H3 f$ y3 a1 {8 s& u( H! E8 ]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。
. q4 E4 N) V  P) {7 O! }That's a memory problem.
, F/ p, E( K+ V% }  }这是一个记忆问题。
' l8 c1 s5 Q/ w5 OI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  j1 v( t- |8 E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？
0 o/ ^0 _3 S9 R. QAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
$ |8 q# S: h$ I% N$ |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.
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。
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?
: S/ i$ c- m5 _2 {7 e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？
2 W% X* s+ R2 g3 ?9 {( v" J, gWhy did I get married?
9 K$ |0 i3 G* y' d+ B为什么我要结婚？
8 @; L9 m. s, |' V; FIf 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。
* Q  |: |) t" l% A. Z8 mI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. G# V- a1 u0 _. MOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 w) F: g4 M7 E/ U) Y, b否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% o$ E9 E% r+ }9 @8 e8 C8 u/ [9 {' O我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 b6 ?. A! k# }: o" M; F# _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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 O$ i* M, t: `) {2 N9 j3 v2 `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。
+ a+ W* e0 g6 `: E% y% h; `Talk about it.
/ G4 c& j7 X! ^! [谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 y# _, V, `' x6 J) w% Y9 J0 b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?
. I) c! T& m0 g9 [' \# c/ s; P) ]它是一种遥远的记忆？
; P# @3 o( ^- c$ H1 ZDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- N4 X6 o; j4 r/ h! a8 h, d6 K你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' i4 U: A% n% {: i8 }8 H8 pHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ J# G# ^3 @8 l" WDo you write memos?
( y5 ~; n7 A6 A# ?. U5 B: K你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. v1 v- f& V" Y7 U7 J0 \4 v. A你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 j' E6 G5 o# xWhat 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?
* h; o7 o$ r9 N你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？