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。
0 ?. e. q, V( x' x" F. K9 yHave you ever done that?
: I* a/ X1 O- i你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 i" x0 q7 e  ]) e+ ~* Y/ SI'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。
3 b9 d, |" ~9 P/ m# f" b# AI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 ?' Z9 V( ^' E4 l" R- r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。
+ Z! P2 T/ g/ k3 yWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 w' y8 \8 {& r; ]我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, f7 ]- X! R9 ]2 y8 q4 N& l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.
8 ]$ U# P! _7 a: O: 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.
7 T. a! w4 Z6 _1 d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。
' r7 d8 C2 X; V1 g0 s) T+ J5 }/ rWhy 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？
4 L, }2 j- V3 d- E4 J7 }Why my friend was this person?
, h8 i$ W* o* X# r$ g0 b$ @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
' R! w: z) Q! g% [2 Z# 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.
' d6 u7 a7 k  s% v/ _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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 ?& c! f+ {  {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 B  M! q; T2 M" f2 O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 E: ]6 W$ s9 [- x  ]We stop starting. We quit the club.
) B% I; t% s9 ]. n  ?3 i0 l; G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
+ P0 O2 B+ Z, S: T9 k9 }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.
; h: E2 N8 p1 K9 E问为什么没什么问题。
2 t1 F9 \, x. q2 a; L# vIn 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.
谈论下面的话题：
9 S  m& _3 D8 o0 Z! L: a+ dIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ s6 ]& `3 j- I* H, V你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# o% ?; U( v  H& W0 J& k0 a6 \' zIs it a kind of distant memory?
) w7 _5 w  L( k" k/ ]  a3 x$ M6 H它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 g! }2 H3 V: B  B4 eDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* b0 X; r' I$ m0 y9 @# OHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 @4 W' s" K+ I# Z! R, ]- N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ P* r" ~1 ?: O" h7 H! |你写备忘录吗？
1 P+ X; X; _% F+ E* `& WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 }& A, G- J6 f& z- E- t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* ?# `1 W* D5 t3 M6 J) d$ ]; ^; KWhat 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?
1 x: k0 i, e3 v, P0 X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？