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.
: ~/ S: O, Y( u8 ]/ y; R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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
8 z! k3 \& g1 l1 A! g1 E3 f我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ y0 |' f5 O7 [# N8 @# CAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" O9 e+ U1 I9 z. N9 N, q4 k* d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.
' T6 e9 A7 l- Q+ B( I1 a: ^$ ^这是一个记忆问题。
. M. K, x1 c5 N8 F: kI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, n! H  _# i4 x& \; Q6 MBut 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？
/ v& A5 {  A. b& ^8 }- G$ j* YAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
9 L( f- J' ~3 m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.
# h9 M% o/ O2 U对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, D. ?/ V& P, `7 FIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 h0 R/ H$ T* d7 s, }总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
& T8 d2 [0 N- U; a; y7 b为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% {; w+ m2 W) c  i1 n0 C5 U) cWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) E  F4 z3 a1 i% PWhy my friend was this person?
0 F( S( F  T# f为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( b; n0 U* c6 m. rWhy did I get married?
5 c: ]5 h, Y/ e4 |5 M9 U" s3 j为什么我要结婚？
4 i# }4 E- `, e! a2 g  P* }! jIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
$ v% }% h7 e5 T! M6 `% |4 N1 @) u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.
+ Z# n4 K7 Y  |2 [+ \我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  T; t- ~" N% q* \" F; UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
7 O5 s0 P% O, J: t  q% a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
& r; d( }: M% T. Q4 u  f我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! f5 Z/ r; X+ XWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; u' g) d, @, Q! F! W+ }我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! T3 h" ~( O; j) p+ \: ^There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 {4 w/ W8 D" L) D, A% I2 N' [# xIn 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.
/ W0 Z5 c: B8 y. p, ~谈论下面的话题：
. F+ P& M" c7 I+ JIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 {7 S/ H" v$ G9 p$ J1 H& ~) _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?
% Q% H$ V# s% m5 a# `8 Z" g: k- \它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( _8 T8 B+ S& r7 Q) B- A% A7 M你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 u1 @+ T- u3 F6 }& [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？
% b) y4 k* A, WWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& l# Y$ j9 O: o$ ^8 r8 u% n1 H# F0 s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？