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?
* w* R" u+ r( p3 J6 B你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' E1 Q2 L' }" w, E, o我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 R, e" [' [4 h( M2 A2 rI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ I; E( e% [) M: z8 o% A; s' P$ P4 ?, C我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 x6 }/ ^6 v& H2 B' wAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* u8 ^$ C& ]$ S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。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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.
' Z$ L; C' s, w8 Q( v) L, T5 T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？
9 C5 S+ Y; e0 g5 T: H/ `8 R+ Y- j" bWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 ~" {# Y, e0 I1 t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( t- ]2 I2 t) L# L4 t/ w9 KWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
3 p0 E) S; [, F; m+ h2 w( MIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 ]8 Y- \$ j5 F' b, w# S3 _  ?1 Y% M# _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.
# M7 q9 S8 b) F" _0 c8 o3 U/ G我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' f" Q+ @  f4 g: P( ?7 w% AOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
) }; D. n4 d. W; e2 V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* ^9 A; P3 ?+ E4 _We stop starting. We quit the club.
# U! P( k  x, W; ^  X! i2 C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# g: |! Q" ?9 [4 ~, A# s( ]3 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。
! K7 ~  K: e4 T- \6 MIn 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  F5 ?( d% S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？
* W+ S+ R) \3 |Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
! U! h/ q% y4 Z0 T- RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
* z2 }2 K  [2 d. h2 j4 N" H. b你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 j2 V8 J2 O2 z5 E2 k你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. _% x: d+ ^4 m  x& m5 iDo you write memos?
" J3 b, W+ q) S; r- f# ?& ~  |8 [, T你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
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？
  b- t* K3 m3 f' \What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 e9 V1 o( d0 Z5 M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？