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

" P  l& s5 P. `5 Q记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& f7 l  ~9 B+ o; h# U3 k有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
. }  S9 p8 }+ R1 E( Z, dI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ R& K+ N1 {- |4 E% j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。
6 Q* B; ?: z  b* P$ F) WWell, 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.
9 ]' D7 ~" ]! J, `5 {这是一个记忆问题。
# C# C+ y+ K2 Q* j& o7 R0 _1 xI guess that counts too.
  d. u5 q1 p9 Q+ i" K( |7 I) l' r我想那很重要。
) k# n% f" o! RBut 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.
+ o8 ~% _9 u" ~% z- k& Y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.
- n) ?' z  ~" V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 _/ X2 L, C- R4 t总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 C0 k) K5 w% TWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 P* J8 L. I( G8 l2 z+ dWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 g: \5 W) H! W4 S  p6 J+ xWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# O3 ^) e0 f* B8 c( F% H0 E& SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 [5 [" s5 s2 U* X( W/ 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。
" p9 }  U- b9 r# xI think we need indeed remind us of why.
% v/ E& H+ m' L, v我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  ^6 j4 V; ]; |" ]3 zOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 y; }4 A# o  p5 T; d5 J: r) B* ^# vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
7 w6 N4 c: Y2 ?" B9 l1 I% MWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
0 p+ S% o2 u! c5 J- l! T. a2 d3 z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.
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.
+ X  B7 \. E; q; @谈论下面的话题：
  |9 F9 d$ l. M3 v' u1 UIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* q( C+ ], ^- i0 z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
) |% \9 v: |3 \. F+ h  Q- x  @Is it a kind of distant memory?
& V& G& T( t  e它是一种遥远的记忆？
* A" g5 b% T, q! d/ T" f% X) lDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
  Z, ]5 m% H5 z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ P, I1 _* N2 d& A2 f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  R4 n- h# \+ ~8 V$ yDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
- L, U- h: F6 W2 FDoes 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？
3 X0 i4 J" |/ i5 zWhat 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？
# a) X" v8 `3 h$ t$ e; kWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？