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

- W2 |6 P  r# ]9 o记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, F7 T1 u, c3 ^/ q0 r6 ~有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( u: B- E4 `7 L) n: D我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
2 ^% a- R" L/ X+ C% w' |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.
7 ^% o/ R& G  e6 e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。
" H) ]7 V% N/ y; v- B, C- |9 V4 ^7 qThat's a memory problem.
1 M/ n2 ^1 @7 e, d9 {" i这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
- z( f& ?2 p8 {  w$ V" I我想那很重要。
& d, ?7 C8 `3 L* k! _6 Z$ M4 y  |$ qBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
" j1 K3 C" B) y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。
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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
1 z0 X  J* t* P+ [, m为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 v" a5 G7 F& N8 eWhy did I join this club?
7 p4 I: W" N! n* k4 |7 a为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 G+ j& L6 @4 u" ~+ `# o' {5 q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
" @8 p2 h; ]4 wWhy did I get married?
# @# W+ v% ~0 j% c8 ?) K% Z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。
8 n" w- F0 p, k. ?# lI think we need indeed remind us of why.
* M/ c" }8 W9 P0 z, i( e# r  [2 h我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 q# |2 z. c. W/ t+ x0 IOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 n" b9 R, x. }/ i8 G) h否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' m6 \8 i3 ^0 s/ QWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 E, J+ h5 ~7 y; o+ sWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
' O1 @. B( Z0 N: o. L+ N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.
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。
3 \# v4 X3 h: i6 B, y0 w  H! a( H% UTalk about it.
  J( ~) ^0 D2 c9 y( v4 \2 o谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; ~: d. ?2 j2 e& w. {& h& `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?
+ j" m+ u, d2 i3 [( a它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 R' T) C8 y% k* F4 b1 p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' H! x5 \& h# k2 l# D+ K& `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
5 C  E+ |; E6 v; F2 K& {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, _6 ?, z( U: r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?
/ [5 V$ w' j' ]* r% Q' y& Z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 Z& C& M6 k% Q+ S. z% v+ w/ e* L* dWhat 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？