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
* e2 E$ |  f" ~2 f% DSometimes 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?
: g" P4 `4 p  F9 R你曾有过这种经历吗？
! ?) H4 }( u( F9 ~7 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。
% t/ y0 g) Q# k8 M7 P! a: `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。
( x7 [4 d- q. t' p2 Q6 F$ [# LAnd 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.
  n' K! C2 h9 V5 t1 j5 G7 ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
2 R/ O9 v1 Z& \  w0 X我想那很重要。
$ [5 ]) A- q. ]/ pBut 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.
, f; d& B/ N, g( R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.
; ~- L2 R! W" m6 s! C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？
" e. I+ }. c. N) HWhy 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？
$ C% }" Q1 H, z2 a2 m0 }: \4 r5 hIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
3 c* |" d) c, s7 x7 p) G# S7 H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。
8 [8 c* ?8 I8 t: F0 L) x% mI think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 X4 w0 n" r2 Y- l2 ^4 L3 o我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: y8 w" r1 y& J4 C5 gOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
* `: `9 ~3 H4 u8 }4 _2 i9 _$ a否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ \* y3 S3 Y* UWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ t. E6 S3 t( j9 d我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; S" n& m; z7 {$ ]. v2 p* }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
' j8 w9 z' N) g" [2 c+ hIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 r6 Q4 C& k+ R9 P" d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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
0 E  e/ `8 L7 s" f9 d你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
4 r) m% M4 X+ ~0 KIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 O5 e" T. k/ C0 S$ d& \* w- w它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 ~) U2 [( R& a* sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 _0 o: `" ]. l  ^+ n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& v( T; N2 W, [" y4 _" BDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
8 a2 {8 J, ?) S6 D4 @2 v2 Z; \" s- VDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 d8 B! R# y6 L+ \" i4 k$ X* I你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
/ T' `( j# ~/ v7 S* d: BWhat 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？