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。
- |6 F' g# d$ [) cHave you ever done that?
; N+ {2 e! X: r9 e! q2 \你曾有过这种经历吗？
* m, z  N; `( f* h8 x6 r0 CI'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。
7 j2 O' ]( ]% g" nI 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.
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.
- O7 ~  G% N8 K: F* j6 r6 \2 ~这是一个记忆问题。
8 W, X4 P# Q; Y7 rI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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。
" ^8 F3 U5 Z  C7 w+ gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ u" J6 L6 d6 }5 b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; ^$ G8 ^6 a. n2 s9 nIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  Z% G  v- P/ cWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 p+ J8 u% Q5 QWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 Q. W2 A' K4 E( x$ L) K0 y1 SWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 K+ X  K0 P9 j' n2 m: @* n+ I为什么我要结婚？
  ^% g8 C( B9 F: }# NIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  \4 M+ n2 s! c: J6 E; A8 T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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
; c: k$ g- a, b* Q2 K. ~- H否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 v: U1 d5 l5 e* e7 ]& o( X7 jWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# w" R# }5 b; y6 l" `' Q9 y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- q+ Y% H: U1 {, n& j4 c0 E我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! I  o. J3 ]  d3 j9 M# }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 u5 ^/ n/ Y( K/ q3 l0 C2 P$ Q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.
0 W$ t4 e& f' y- w9 @! X' B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。
" Q) `- Q) \5 Y+ ]) e  o! JTalk about it.
9 t0 T: @3 s$ s谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ C- f' T  W: Q- x% N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! Z# {' W: ?! s* ?3 ^/ K4 J, ~How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 d: s( ~$ ]) Y" g你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 p! Y& x; h! @% y% JDo you write memos?
! b. _# ^, F; A3 ]. \. A/ M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？
3 W5 r9 u' v& i, Z! }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？
6 U0 \( o& C# S& \/ \( _5 A$ fWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 r5 ?2 {9 @5 Y$ j6 k8 S/ u你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？