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?
' k. g* I( r- b' H9 o0 R" M你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 I" a5 N! h" V& {* wI'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。
5 e, L+ }8 S  l( lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- @5 Z1 t, H2 Q3 Y7 j; t1 P我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ |* f/ R# `+ S$ F% AAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 k1 g* V, z' T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.
7 a, C* L+ F3 o1 s- O这是一个记忆问题。
7 h) E* K( L- r) s8 C3 q# GI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
+ j* J" I/ }6 eBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% j+ v' {* s: x' \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.
' I6 t4 g$ T) _) y+ h+ o3 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.
+ S7 D( s/ l+ q; h! r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" ?" A- N' g+ V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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 L0 e) w, o# n' i8 x为什么我要结婚？
5 A  I% b3 F3 P8 B" IIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  d2 P7 U1 Q( c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。
" l. k2 u% F: o1 D" K4 G+ X) }I think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 }0 B4 L; |% b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。
9 D+ a" r' ~" f7 ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 }7 s) r3 y3 }& T( q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ r: P+ k) k6 u3 k& eWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
/ T: m& A" f7 n! q& E5 b/ GIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
$ w7 r; A  z7 F" M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。
0 v/ }7 N( q; B5 c0 }$ ?, @1 hTalk 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？
1 t" c: L& f) P2 s* D) YDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 \9 A0 A1 I& a" d' \8 E你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 |. z; w* K. C/ ~. A( s# c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?
  C7 ^5 I; P7 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# p1 Z! P* J2 r还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 V" B" i) Y6 S: m$ G$ ^- @+ RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  B8 Y8 e- B0 ~9 ?- W! \! j8 q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？