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
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记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 w- D7 q. d+ P有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 C  A+ Q. i+ h. S5 w你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. v- x+ K/ O4 n0 w$ l: D我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! `5 ~% T3 H) E$ o& @: EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 O, z: T. J" }) D我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
4 C" {: c7 r0 ^9 O* ?- Q3 Q  sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
2 G8 x, m7 A, U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。
; T0 e6 C" a/ g# `0 v5 e8 W2 DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; J$ |( E  Q8 @. F5 c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。
4 g% F9 ]6 L% d/ p. p* sI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
) A- o) H! Q( W$ k9 C( hBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& l) k5 u- Y/ |2 l% b) 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？
+ a% c; S: y3 t  |  u+ o& ~7 t) X4 L- aAt 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。
For 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.
) b! m* y% ]; P+ v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?
& [4 x: F" D8 p+ }; ^为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 j0 ?- S2 [2 C2 l' E2 Y2 E  e为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. w  v: w$ e! g5 \. z# gWhy did I get married?
9 R" W" X% J& ]5 h! V0 |' O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.
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。
" }" i5 Y* p2 V9 n0 a$ wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 M. k8 K0 s, T8 j我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; T4 v! h" A! {2 Z' G. U. POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" I. _2 @5 y5 ?; M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 P: Y) H  I) |  w% AWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& a9 N! l0 n# O* w8 N4 R8 \% S) U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. g! q9 J" [! c3 w, cWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& z# r' w2 o* q/ j* O  J, r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.
问为什么没什么问题。
; h. x, E: O6 ~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。
Talk about it.
" ?7 C( \9 q2 i谈论下面的话题：
+ A; y# T7 F# _* h7 tIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 F( ?' S8 \0 `, }' |/ z( s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...
8 h; T4 [5 B3 v2 Z% p' _你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 C( a0 A/ Y9 W' g4 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 T7 `" p; J9 A& X3 H) a你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- u" a1 q* l( }% mWhat 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？