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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'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。
6 D. K: {  \2 Z' TI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
* F' [# B, c5 b0 E- n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。
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.
9 B6 |9 o; _/ Q" z7 _# K这是一个记忆问题。
  q+ q' O" p' Q0 ~I guess that counts too.
: v" S# n0 o. A* m( B, |5 q- L我想那很重要。
$ m) y5 M# I* ~/ G+ I9 TBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* {2 {: w& j* N- J2 U, K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.
( J2 Z5 r" c( b' Z1 R/ Z$ Q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.
; u& j; X5 |- H# N, a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。
3 s1 H+ A$ F, }Why 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?
- [& }8 c9 a4 k2 \为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
3 z* h/ i, J0 m- o! M5 ~$ E% B7 L为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
! a( a0 _* p0 x) V$ R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.
* w2 S# C8 ?7 n7 M2 z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.
, g1 X; `/ Z# ]( E6 g* r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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
" r, t, v' u# }- U5 G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) {. w" X( A) b; X* w5 z, xWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' w2 T' `* t& J) l( |' x$ l我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
9 X' I6 m! Q8 @. KThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 ~' `' P9 T" @1 \9 Y9 R! G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.
- R9 \3 M- w1 U, ]# {& i! I1 ?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？
% e4 G4 j+ d, M& r/ r! F5 XIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ l" ?/ r  [) K+ qDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* n4 l: K' M& u( Q3 u- yHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 E9 u" M/ Q2 a5 O* S0 YDo you write memos?
7 n, D) {& L+ [; V你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 f! k; H% K  p4 b' Z0 a* ?- B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?
1 r2 t* b) L+ Z# f还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
4 T0 r4 G# |( ?- nWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
* |: n' h( F( h6 c! [3 Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？