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.
4 \- Q' p$ h' M$ b/ [1 \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- s+ Q5 @$ E* ]  q3 v. a6 O# FHave you ever done that?
: Z( q0 ~* x* D你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ Z  x4 z, z) Q, G  jI'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。
I 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。
0 t2 E; \6 k; f! @8 N: {1 IAnd 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.
) B7 |- K% O* J7 B9 M这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 B$ d. d$ A; w6 gBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 |7 X* B4 c( Q, F% s. ?) r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？
- I/ e3 a, [3 t4 t4 M3 N) K, |- KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
. Z% n* Z2 T2 O1 ]5 x5 J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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& l( r- P" o2 gWhy 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?
, @& V+ t$ H0 g# I7 H) w% y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.
. {6 Q' e( I. M' i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.
7 k$ |, W& Y' p7 s: C否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ @, A/ @8 n, j- j* _  \* dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ |/ [3 c1 _1 K" y1 L' a  Z4 g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) a' A9 q. {! [( z5 x2 L! h* [There's nothing wrong with asking why.
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。
Talk about it.
: W3 z. C+ f5 @" m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？
7 y( L" N% }" k; ?$ pIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 ]0 ?4 O1 ?. t2 ^+ d6 VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
, d! C' S3 t; B( N2 B你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, ~) o; ], m9 |) G+ W6 V你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
. z( J# @  r( Q" `3 E* N. ZDo you write memos?
9 m% Y# ~* {$ a2 F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？
, R/ f2 O  \# }# qWhat 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?
& _- L) S1 Y& g+ k你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？