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？
% A3 {/ i' ?7 FI'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.
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.
. m1 ^- ?. I7 @5 @+ V+ F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。
0 g9 T- w, e7 ?Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
0 F$ {4 S+ x, d  }哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
% ?9 u) |9 y/ E6 ]2 f: e- v" UThat's a memory problem.
% L9 H) x8 i# h3 x这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 f4 U; g" M( l+ A+ W( @* x( d0 d我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# a$ F) S4 ^; H. n: o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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& F$ x0 _9 L7 _' p, JFor 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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% q6 _* {$ d! x% C% b/ D7 G, ^Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 \9 j$ P; I5 c1 T/ }If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: y) k4 V! k4 y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.
$ R$ ~+ r; 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.
  d, Z+ D$ r+ Q) P否则很难完成我们所开始的。
9 g) g+ H$ K5 G3 D! t4 t$ mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
/ d' z5 X! N' r$ ~我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 g* H/ f; \8 K7 Q4 X! mWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: P3 Z! h. F3 a% A( M3 K我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
1 {7 I/ [1 o" @, C3 EThere'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。
/ }  z- D- C- NTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" s7 b) U4 K( ^( n. jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ y- v- ]5 a( J( o9 h. u0 E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?
! a+ b1 i; O! l- `  k$ Z它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! z+ x. ^3 D4 c* c5 Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" w& _0 f+ ^# j2 `$ y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) k( }( h8 V9 ODo you write memos?
" ^2 R- X  B7 a* ]3 p你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# b% k( K  x& Z3 B: c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?
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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？