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 l8 R, `  {9 B2 [: R  `你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ y8 c, ?/ H/ s, d% j3 g. ~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。
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。
/ h  q! m# t- F1 {& g1 D- M- _3 A# LWell, 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?
8 i  `3 }& t# o0 \/ J2 R% Z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？
! U, S% H$ }! r* c* b! gAt 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。
- n$ }/ H5 U: U7 z: }For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
& H7 Z5 F& I+ M0 @+ \1 P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。
* F. }0 |. M) l% C7 g4 mWhy did I start to learn a language?
; Z$ Q; x, d/ Z: d/ T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ k7 v! y4 J5 Q& s. {2 p4 O' I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?
3 z5 r; f, U, k0 g- v) }. u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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
# ?- |( }0 G& I6 L& M" B8 W$ d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 i9 J. g: f  m3 m5 f( X9 v7 l; e否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% k. F7 g2 E1 a. Z; |' a% I5 f4 i- MWe stop starting. We quit the club.
* ?8 B+ K7 E* j$ _6 V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。
9 |: j8 H! l" _& s# M8 qThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 J+ m$ G7 b' S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.
( F- Q* Q/ y( L) \" |. }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。
; ]6 n; o% m% nTalk about it.
; C% l0 _) m+ z. K* E6 B谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' g: k* m: a- F0 V1 O! Z' C" e/ _你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" ?7 o) |- e# r1 {  o% }Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 r: |' `: k4 f- QDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: X" I+ O( ^, c2 DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ F' P/ ?- k" @你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 g* q: P" W3 O5 u4 k1 M/ 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？
6 L# y2 ^$ {5 i3 RWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 G7 u, f, h8 ~  F, d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?
% b9 J+ j; k5 n& U, J$ 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？