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.
& B5 h" B, R2 s8 G8 q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
3 l, _- o0 u% M% O你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, m! V; n5 K) M5 V) C% N: Z我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
- m& e, [0 T0 z" C: m$ h! VI 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.
) w* P- T0 t' z; N+ p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。
2 j$ u1 V4 `3 SWell, 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。
0 q. X5 n1 r# `0 X# b* t, nI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, ?, ^2 E( M' o% z1 i" EBut 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) T$ f' }& _9 W* ^1 mFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ J  R% i# W; U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。
0 s8 f  k- d" F6 o' d0 X* AWhy 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？
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？
. v: [( \  L$ {# |1 F8 v) O3 PIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
) Z) J/ ?0 P" d1 ^* }I think we need indeed remind us of why.
  W# G* n( F: g我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. V" ]* z% S, T. SOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) J# n) H6 P; Z5 E4 n: eWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 b5 g; {( t: Z- l$ t5 G. o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, u; m; W3 l7 P0 n& YWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 f" y3 l# V/ w- PThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
  d8 ]) E* N0 z( rIn 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.
! w5 \  P$ b0 k' l3 I6 k0 i谈论下面的话题：
: t1 r; U# B! iIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; y4 }1 _4 M+ {! O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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
. t7 l; u/ H1 h9 {  MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 y: ^/ ~3 u- a& n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ |7 Q! [- }( IHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
( C4 d, n" V7 c3 N# o* O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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
1 T5 p# b+ C) r$ E6 f还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 ]) F5 T. U4 U3 D6 JWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 G- s, X* b1 w" b* N1 u3 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？