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。
/ L, Y/ k8 y! ^1 O5 ?& WHave you ever done that?
  d; R/ ^# L- |( X5 p! \3 o5 a' T你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ \+ ~; F$ v7 V) v3 _; _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% |7 t0 b7 A9 f* _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.
6 J7 X# y5 m9 n% ?4 W6 d; d; d  A* o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。
) R( S! J7 m% H' ]' [4 RWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, R5 K6 Y7 f1 G/ y+ C哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- e9 v- J, _6 m8 zThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* y6 I9 B: R/ v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？
) M8 [/ d- b4 S7 kAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) O* {/ G  f2 r8 r# p4 n( k- J* H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。
! i1 l( V* u, D1 U  [It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 }- W4 c6 n  L; T总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ l5 y% `$ g- X( T& ]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?
5 `8 L/ _' u. Y6 \( [- I/ [. V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) F) D( K2 p  m& m4 E8 AWhy did I get married?
9 F- R7 m1 o0 ]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.
/ C0 M" j! Z1 D4 {3 U" I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。
, j: q3 h7 k4 v) h) M5 }8 d; TI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 p+ u8 m/ L& GWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* U3 H! V9 h; T+ _8 hWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 m7 f# s+ H, E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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, p" O: g  c# R, i; |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。
# J1 t4 Z1 C  }: D8 ]9 \Talk about it.
6 r6 V2 X! p' Z4 v  O谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) Y/ F2 _3 o8 u" U& |4 w5 W2 N# [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?
5 C' U% z* Q! Z! A! ?它是一种遥远的记忆？
% }8 ^2 r$ i6 Q8 Q- X+ PDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 W: }7 T* U( U: T* ^7 Z7 \3 f: L* T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 t9 L) z2 P6 M3 Q* dHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ p8 b' |" r1 [4 V1 h$ D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？
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？
% ~, t! J& V) ?9 ]8 v9 J5 dWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* C! E. r2 g8 C& S' s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' ~$ U, }" x* G! `  HWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ z$ o4 Q. p: _6 x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？